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1642 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1642nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 642nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1640s decade. As of the start of 1642 ...
- 1642 in England
1642 in England. Events from the year 1642 in England,...
- First English Civil War, 1642
The First English Civil War started in 1642. By the end of...
- 1642 in England
5 days ago · The English Civil Wars occurred from 1642 through 1651. The fighting during this period is traditionally broken into three wars: the first happened from 1642 to 1646, the second in 1648, and the third from 1650 to 1651.
- Charles I, king of Great Britain and Ireland.
- John Pym, detail of an engraving by G. Glover, 1644, after a portrait by Edward Bower.
- England during the Civil Wars.
- Marquess of Montrose, portrait miniature after a painting by W. Dobson; in the Wallace Collection, London
- James Butler, 1st duke of Ormonde, detail of a painting after Sir Peter Lely,
- Charles II, 19th-century engraving by William Finden.
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The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
- August 1642 – September 1651
Overview. The 1642 to 1646 First English Civil War is one of a series of civil wars fought between 1639 and 1653 in England and Wales, along with the separate kingdoms of Scotland and Ireland.
- 1642 to 1646
- England and Wales
- Parliamentarian victory
English Civil Wars - 1642-46, Parliament, King Charles: The first English Civil War occurred from 1642 to 1646, the second in 1648, and the third occurred from 1648 to 1651. In England the opposing groups were the Royalists (Cavaliers) and the Parliamentarians (Roundheads). Charles I was executed in January 1649.
