1644 in England

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Events from the year 1644 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

Monarch - Charles I

Events

• January - King Charles I opens the Royalist 'Oxford Parliament'.^[1]
• 26 January - First English Civil War: At the Battle of Nantwich the Parliamentarians defeat the Royalists.^[2]
• 21 March - First English Civil War: Prince Rupert effects the Relief of Newark.^[3]
• 29 March - First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Cheriton.^[3]
• 20 April–14 June - First English Civil War: Royalists besiege Lyme Regis. They do not take the town, but destroy twenty ships.^[4]
• 25 May - First English Civil War: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert storm and take Stockport and cross the Mersey.^[5]
• 28 May - First English Civil War: Bolton Massacre: Royalist forces under Prince Rupert kill several hundreds of the town's defenders.^[5]
• 29 June - First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.^[3]
• 2 July - The Battle of Marston Moor, the largest battle of the English Civil War, produces a crushing victory for the Parliamentary side, ending Charles I's hold on the north of England.^[2]
• 14 July - Queen Henrietta Maria leaves the country for France.^[1]
• 16 July - First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces capture York.^[1]
• 2 September - Second Battle of Lostwithiel, the last major victory for Charles I and the Royalist side in the English Civil War.
• 22 October - Newcastle upon Tyne captured by a Scottish army led by Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven.^[2]
• 27 October - First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Second Battle of Newbury.^[3]
• 23 November - John Milton's Areopagitica is published.^[2]
• 19 December - The House of Commons passes the Self-denying Ordinance.^[3]
• 25 December - Christmas falls on a date set aside for fasting by Parliament, whose supporters are enjoined to observe the fast.^[2]

Births

• 14 January - Thomas Britton, concert promoter (died 1714)
• 18 January - John Partridge, astrologer (died 1708)
• 21 March - Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1704)
• 22 March - Sir James Rushout, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1698)
• 16 June - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Ireland and Scotland (died 1670)
• 30 August - Thomas Tufton, 6th Earl of Thanet, nobleman and politician (died 1729)
• 14 October - William Penn, Quaker and founder of Pennsylvania (died 1718)
• Thomas Guy, philanthropist (died 1724)
• Henry Winstanley, engineer (died 1703)

Deaths

• 30 January - William Chillingworth, theologian (born 1602)
• 2 July - William Gascoigne, scientist (born c. 1610)
• 20 July - Peter Hausted, poet and playwright (year of birth unknown)
• September - Sir Thomas Barrington, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (year of birth unknown)
• 8 September
  • John Coke, politician (born 1563)
  • Francis Quarles, poet (born 1592)
• 6 November - Thomas Roe, diplomat (born c. 1581)
• John Bankes, judge (born 1589)
• William Crabtree, astronomer and mathematician (born 1610)
• Edward Dering, antiquary and politician (born 1598)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 179–181. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 260. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
3. "1644, British Civil Wars". Archived from the original on 12 October 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-14.
4. Lacey, Peter (2011). "Civil War". Ebb & Flow: the story of maritime Lyme Regis. Wimborne Minster: Dovecote Press. pp. 108–18. ISBN 978-1-904349-92-1.
5. Young, Peter; Holmes, Richard (2000). The English Civil War. Ware: Wordsworth Editions. ISBN 1-84022-222-0.

See also