| 1540 June 10 | Event | Thomas Cromwell arrested | in Westminster. |
| 1640 August 28 | Event | Battle of Newburn-on-the-Tyne | Royalists are defeated by Covenanters. |
| 1642 August 22 | Event | King Charles I of England | raises his standard at Nottingham and so started the English Civil War. |
| 1642 October 23 | Event | Battle of Edgehill | Indecisive battle of the War. |
| 1643 August 10 | Event | Start of Siege of Gloucester | By the King's Army. |
| 1643 July 13 | Event | Sir William Waller defeated at Roundway Down | by Prince Maurice, younger brother of Prince Rupert. |
| 1643 June 29 | Event | battle of Adwalton Moor | Marquis of Newcastle defeats the parliamentarians |
| 1643 May 13 | Event | Battle of Grantham | English Parliamentarian Army beats Royalists |
| 1643 May 7 | Event | Battle of Stratton | Cornish Royalists defeat Parliamentarians. |
| 1643 October 11 | Event | End of the Siege of Hull | Mainly due to the Parliament's control of the navy. |
| 1643 October 11 | Event | Battle of Winceby | Royalist defeated by Cromwell. |
| 1643 September 20 | Event | First Batte of Newbury | Indecisive result. |
| 1644 April 11 | Event | Battle of Selby | Sir Thomas Fairfax gains the victory. |
| 1644 January 19 | Event | Scots army crossed the Tweed | provided by the Scots parliament to aid the English Parliament. |
| 1644 July 1 | Event | Relieve of the Siege of York | by Prince Rupert |
| 1644 July 2 | Event | Battle of Marston Moor | Over 45,000 people involved, probably the biggest battle in English History. A complete victory for the Allied forces and lost the King most of the northern parts of the country. |
| 1644 June 29 | Event | Battle of Cropredy Bridge | Waller's army soundly defeated by the King. |
| 1644 October 27 | Event | Second Battle of Newbury | Indecisive result. |
| 1645 June 14 | Event | Battle of Naseby | Kings army, outnumbered almost two to one completely destroyed. |
| 1645 June 14 | Event | Battle of Naseby | Royalists defeated by Parliamentarians. |
| 1646 March 21 | Event | Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold | last Royal Army dispersed. |
| 1646 May 5 | Event | King Charles I surrenders in Scotland | outside Newark |
| 1647 August 7 | Event | Parliamentary Army takes control of London | |
| 1647 March 16 | Event | Harlech castle Garrison Surrenders | The Last Royalist Garrison |
| 1648 August 17 | Event | Cromwell attacks Scots at Preston | and finally defeated them on the 19th after a running engagement. |
| 1648 August 28 | Event | Colchester surrenders to Fairfax | after all hope of relief has gone. |
| 1648 August 28 | Event | Colchester surrenders to Fairfax | |
| 1648 July 8 | Event | Scots Cross Border | in response to the agreement signed with Charles at Carrisbrook Castle on the Isle of Wight. |
| 1651 August 22 | Event | Scots Occupy Worcester | supported by a number of English Royal sympathisers. |
| 1651 August 25 | Event | Cromwell defeats Earl of Derby | at Wigan |
| 1651 August 6 | Event | Scots invade England | |
| 1651 September 3 | Event | Cromwell attacks Royalists at Worcester | and inflict a heavy defeat on the King who flees for his life. |
| 1659 August 23 | Event | Battle of Winnington Bridge | Defeat of a Royalist rebellion. |
| 1659 May 25 | Event | Richard Cromwell resigns | as English Lord Protector. |
| 1660 May 25 | Event | Charles II lands in Dover | after exile in France and is acknowledged as King. |
| 1660 May 8 | Event | English Parliament asked Charles II to resign. | |
| 1688 January | Event | Glorious Revolution | James 2nd took over England |
