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25 Apr 1599Oliver Cromwell is born in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
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22 Aug 1620Oliver Cromwell marries Elizabeth Bourchier.
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1628Oliver Cromwell represents a Cambridgeshire borough as a Member of Parliament.
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1640Oliver Cromwell represents Cambridge as a Member of Parliament.
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1640The Short and Long Parliaments debate funds for an army for Charles I of England.
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1642 - 1651The English Civil Wars between Parliamentarians ('Roundheads') and Royalists ('Cavaliers').
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Jan 1642Charles I of England attempts to arrest five Members of Parliament and the Earl of Manchester.
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Aug 1642 - 1646The First English Civil War.
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2 Jul 1644The Parliamentarians, with the help of Scottish troops, defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor during the English Civil Wars.
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27 Oct 1644The indecisive Second Battle of Newbury during the English Civil Wars.
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4 Feb 1645The English Parliament motions to form a new professional fighting force, the New Model Army.
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Apr 1645The Self-Denying Ordinance forbids any member of Parliament from also being a military commander in the New Model Army.
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14 Jun 1645The Parliamentarians led by Sir Thomas Fairfax defeat the Royalists at the Battle of Naseby during the English Civil Wars.
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Jan 1647The Scots hand over Charles I of England to the English.
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Nov 1647Charles I of England escapes from his capitivity and stays on the Isle of Wight.
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Feb 1648 - Aug 1648The Second English Civil War when a Scottish army attempts and fails to restore Charles I of England.
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17 Aug 1648 - 20 Aug 1648A Parliamentarian army led by Oliver Cromwell defeats an Anglo-Scottish Royalist army at the Battle of Preston.
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Dec 1648The New Model Army marches on Parliament to apprehend Presbyterian MPs and receive the arrears in their pay.
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Dec 1648The creation of the 'Rump Parliament' sees the number of MPs reduced to just 150 members.
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1 Dec 1648A group of Parliamentarian officers captures Charles I of England on the Isle of Wight.
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20 Jan 1649Charles I of England is put on trial by Parliament and found guilty of treason.
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30 Jan 1649Execution of Charles I of England. The monarchy is abolished.
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1650Oliver Cromwell leads the New Model Army to ruthlessly quash a major rebellion in Ireland.
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1650Sir Thomas Fairfax resigns as commander of the Parliamentarian New Model Army, refusing to lead them against Scotland.
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Sep 1650 - Dec 1650Oliver Cromwell besieges and captures Edinburgh Castle.
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3 Sep 1650Oliver Cromwell leads the New Model Army to victory against a Socttish army at Dunbar.
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1651Forces loyal to Oliver Cromwell and led by General George Monck capture Stirling Castle.
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3 Sep 1651Oliver Cromwell leads the New Model Army to victory against an invading Scottish army at Worcester.
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20 Apr 1653Oliver Cromwell dissolves the 'Rump Parliament'.
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16 Dec 1653The 'Barebones Parliament' appoints Oliver Cromwell the Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Jan 1657A Leveller plot to assassinate Oliver Cromwell is discovered.
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26 Jun 1657Oliver Cromwell is inaugurated as Lord Protector in Westminster Abbey.
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14 Jun 1658The Battle of the Dunes where Oliver Cromwell sends the New Model Army to aid the French in attacking the Spanish Netherlands. Dunkirk is acquired as a result of victory.
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3 Sep 1658Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, dies of pneumonia.
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1661Oliver Cromwell's remains are exhumed from Westminster Abbey and given the treatment of a traitor's execution.
