25 March 1650Scottish Negotiations at BredaCharles II
Charles opened negotiations with commissioners representing the Scottish Parliament.
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Charles opened negotiations with commissioners representing the Scottish Parliament.
Cromwell accepts Kilkenny's surrender after disease and bombardment weaken the Confederate garrison.
Montrose lands from the Orkneys with 1,500 in the service of Charles II
Montrose lands from the Orkneys with 1,500 in the service of Charles II
Charles accepted the Treaty of Breda to obtain Scottish support for his restoration.
Charles accepted the agreement permitting his return to Scotland under stringent political and religious conditions.
Cromwells 8000 men eventually take the town from its 1000 Irish defenders, but not before they suffer heavy losses
Cromwell's troops suffer heavy losses when Hugh Dubh O'Neill's defence traps the attackers at Clonmel.
Born at Ashe House near Musbury, Devon, into a gentry family whose fortunes had suffered during the Civil War.
Cromwell returns to England after leaving the Irish command to Henry Ireton.
Charles left Breda for Scotland after accepting the negotiated settlement.
Succeeds Fairfax as captain-general and commander in chief before the Scottish campaign.
Sets off with a force to invade Scotland
Crosses the Scottish border with an invasion force led by Cromwell
Crosses the Scottish border with an invasion force led by Cromwell
Crosses the Scottish border with an invasion force led by Cromwell
Chosen for senior command in Cromwell's army before the invasion of Scotland.
Crosses the Scottish border at the head of an Army of 16,000
Marches into Scotland with Cromwell's army during the campaign against the Covenanters.
Holds a council of war & decides to retreat to Dunbar & fortify the town
Holds a council of war & decides to retreat to Dunbar & fortify the town. Decides to Fortify Dunbar in the hope of provoking Leslie into battle
Marches to Haddington persued by Leslie who puts Cromwell's rearguard into disorder
Takes part in operations around Edinburgh before the crisis at Dunbar.
Offers the Scots battle, they refuse & Cromwell falls back to Dunbar
Writes that lying outside Dunbar is consuming the army as sickness spreads before battle.
Convinces the Council of War that the Scots are vulnerable at Dunbar
Monck advises Cromwell before the Parliamentarian attack on the Scottish army at Dunbar.
Defeats David Leslie's Scottish army at Dunbar and opens the route to Edinburgh.
Helps Cromwell defeat the Scottish Army
Leads a cavalry charge leaving the Scots with 3,000 killed to the Roundheads 30
Lambert helps command Parliamentarian forces during the victory at Dunbar.
Commands infantry during Cromwell's victory over the Scottish Covenanter army at Dunbar.
Overton commands a brigade of Foot at the Battle of Dunbar
Commands a brigade of Foot
Cromwell defeated the Scottish army supporting Charles II at Dunbar.
Joins the pursuit after the Scottish army collapses following Cromwell's victory at Dunbar.
Helps secure Leith as Parliamentarian forces consolidate around Edinburgh.
Begins operations around Edinburgh after victory at Dunbar weakens Scottish resistance in the south.
Birth of William III, son of William II Prince of Orange & Mary Stuart
William III of Orange is born at The Hague, the posthumous son of William II, Prince of Orange, and Mary Stuart.
Edinburgh Castle surrenders to Parliamentarian forces after Cromwell's army occupies southern Scotland.
Maintains pressure on Edinburgh Castle before its surrender to Parliament.
Publication of "An Idea of the Mathematics, I2iflO"
Imprisoned for blasphemy
Chases the Royalist fleet from Kinsale to Lisbon & Cartagena where it is destroyed
Forms the regiment later known as the Coldstream Guards while operating on the Scottish border.
Cromwell is appointed Fairaxs successor, "captain-general and Commander in Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised at authority of Parliament within the Commonwealth of England"
Cromwell is appointed Fairaxs successor, "captain-general and Commander in Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised at authority of Parliament within the Commonwealth of England"
Cromwell is appointed Fairaxs successor, "captain-general and Commander in Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised at authority of Parliament within the Commonwealth of England"
Orders royal symbols removed and replaced with the arms of the Commonwealth.
Bennett joins the exiled Royal family
Appointed Governor of Barbados
Orders removal of the king's arms from public use after the establishment of the Commonwealth.
Appointed Member of Privy Council
The Scots had declared for Charles II, and the council of state resolved to send an army to Scotland in order to prevent an invasion of England, Fairfax resigns his commission. Cromwell is appointed Fairaxs successor, "captain-general and Commander in Chief of all the forces raised or to be raised at authority of Parliament within the Commonwealth of England"
Fairfax receives a pension of 5000 pounds a year, and lives in retirement at his Yorkshire home of Nunappleton
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