Capture of Inverness
The Covenanters capture Inverness
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
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Charles I Biography and Timeline — Page 2
Follow Charles I through 304 dated historical records for England.
Charles I, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
304Distinct records
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1639–1640Years on this page
1639
Covenanters
The Covenanters capture Inverness
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Capture of Dumbarton
Dumbarton castle falls to the Covenanters
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Capture of Edinburgh
Edinburgh castle falls to the Covenanters
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Covenanters
Dumbarton castle falls to the Covenanters
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Covenanters
Edinburgh castle falls to the Covenanters
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Capture of Aberdeen
The Royalists briefly occupy Aberdeen
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Siege of Aberdeen
The Royalists capture Aberdeen
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Black Oath
The "black oath" requires all Scots in Ulster to take an oath to the King
Role range: 1625-1649
Rule of Ulster
The "black oath" requires all Scots in Ulster to take an oath to the King
Role range: 1625-1649
Treaty of Berwick
The Treaty of Berwick ends the 1st Bishops War as Charles is forced to call a truce
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Battle of Dee
The Covenanters occupy Aberdeen
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Covenanters
The Covenanters occupy Aberdeen
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
Parliament
1st day of Charles 2nd Parliament in Scotland
Role range: 1625-1649
Parliament
Final day of Charles 2nd Parliament in Scotland
Role range: 1625-1649
Taxation
"Ship money" is illegally raised inland in time of peace, finances Charles court
Role range: 1625-1649
Declaration of War
Starts after Charles tries to enforce the English Book of Common Prayer on the Scots
Role range: 1639-1639 – 1625-1649
1640
Short Parliament Summoned
Charles issues the summons for a Parliament to meet in April.
Role range: 1625-1649
First Parliament in Eleven Years
Charles addresses his first English Parliament since dissolving Parliament in 1629.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Opening Address
Charles asks both Houses to provide rapid financial support against Scotland.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Opens
Charles summons Parliament after eleven years to seek funds for war against the Covenanters.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Recalled
Charles ends eleven years of Personal Rule by meeting the Short Parliament.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Seeks War Funds
The King asks the Commons to finance military operations against the Scottish Covenanters.
Role range: 1625-1649
Commons Refuses Immediate Supply
The Commons insists that grievances must be addressed before voting money for war.
Role range: 1625-1649
Pym Challenges War Policy
Pym links the Commons refusal of supply to abuses committed during Personal Rule.
Role range: 1625-1649
Warning to Commons
Charles presses the Commons to decide quickly whether it will grant subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
Decision to Dissolve Short Parliament
Charles decides that continuing debate will not produce the requested subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
Short Parliament Dissolved
Charles dissolves the Short Parliament after the Commons refuses immediate war subsidies.
Role range: 1625-1649
War Finance Parliament Dissolved
Charles dissolves Parliament after failing to obtain money for the renewed Scottish war.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Parliament Session Begins
The Scottish Parliament begins its second session amid constitutional conflict with Charles.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Constitutional Challenge
Scottish legislation proceeds without the King’s assent during the constitutional confrontation.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliamentary Acts
The Scottish Parliament asserts that its measures may become law without royal assent.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliamentary Session Ends
The second Scottish parliamentary session ends after challenging royal authority.
Role range: 1625-1649
Scottish Parliament Resumes
A further Scottish parliamentary session begins without normal royal direction.
Role range: 1625-1649
Army Assembles at York
Charles concentrates poorly supplied English forces in northern England.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
King Travels North
Charles leaves London to supervise the English war effort in northern England.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Scottish Invasion of England
The Covenanter army crosses into England and advances through Northumberland.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Battle of Newburn
Scottish Covenanters defeat the English army at Newburn.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Battle of Newburn
The Covenanter army defeats English forces attempting to defend the River Tyne crossings.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Capture of Newcastle
Scottish forces occupy Newcastle after victory at Newburn.
Role range: 1640-1640 – 1625-1649
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.