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Events from the year 1643 in England. This is the second year of the First English Civil War, fought between Roundheads ( Parliamentarians) and Cavaliers ( Royalist supporters of King Charles I).
Incumbents
Events
- 19 January – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Braddock Down secures dominance in Cornwall.
- 23 January – First English Civil War: Leeds falls to Parliamentary forces. [1]
- 13 March – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the First Battle of Middlewich in Cheshire.
- 18 March – Irish Confederate Wars: Battle of New Ross in Ireland – English troops defeat those of Confederate Ireland. [2]
- 19 March – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Hopton Heath in Staffordshire, but the Royalist commander, the Earl of Northampton, is killed. [2]
- 25 April – First English Civil War:
- Reading falls to Parliament after the Siege of Reading. [2]
- Despite being vastly outnumbered, a Parliamentarian force under James Chudleigh defeats a Royalist army near Okehampton in Devon, at the Battle of Sourton Down.
- 8 May – First English Civil War: The first siege of Wardour Castle in Wiltshire ends after 6 days with the surrender of the Royalist garrison under Lady Blanche Arundell.
- 13 May – First English Civil War: Parliamentary forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat Royalist forces at Grantham. [1]
- 16 May – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Stratton confirms dominance in Cornwall and Devon.
- 21 May – First English Civil War: Capture of Wakefield by an outnumbered force of Parliamentarians from the Royalist defenders. [3]
- 14 June – Licensing Order of 1643 passed by Parliament to censor newspapers. [2]
- 18 June – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Chalgrove Field in Oxfordshire. [2]
- 30 June – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Adwalton Moor gives control of Yorkshire. [2]
- 1 July – the Westminster Assembly of theologians ("divines") and parliamentarians is convened at Westminster Abbey with the aim of restructuring the Church of England.
- 5 July – First English Civil War: pyrrhic Royalist victory at the Battle of Lansdowne near Bath, Somerset. [2]
- 13 July – First English Civil War: Royalist cavalry led by Henry Wilmot, newly created Baron Wilmot, win a crushing victory at the Battle of Roundway Down near Devizes over Parliamentarians led by Sir William Waller. [2]
- 26 July – First English Civil War: Royalists capture Bristol. [4]
- 28 July – First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Gainsborough. [2]
- 18 August – Parliament passes "An Ordinance for Explanation of a former Ordinance for Sequestration of Delinquents Estates with some Enlargements", including an "Oath of Abjuration" of the Pope.
- c. 26 August – Parliament passes an ordinance for the cleansing of churches from altars and other monuments of "superstition" or "idolatry". [5]
- 20 September – First English Civil War: strategic Parliamentary victory at the First Battle of Newbury over Royalist forces led personally by the king. [1]
- 25 September – the Solemn League and Covenant is signed between the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland. [1]
- 11 October – First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Winceby in Lincolnshire. [2]
- 13 December – First English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Alton in Hampshire. [2]
- 25 December – Christmas Island is sighted and named by Captain William Mynors of the English East India Company's ship Royal Mary. [6]
- 27 December – First English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Second Battle of Middlewich. [2]
Publications
- Cromwell's Soldiers' Pocket Bible.
- Dr Thomas Browne's spiritual testament Religio Medici ("true and full coppy").
Births
- 4 January ( N.S.) – Isaac Newton, mathematician and physicist (died 1727)
- 16 February – John Sharp, Archbishop of York (died 1714)
- 1 November – John Strype, historian and biographer (died 1737)
Deaths
- 14 January – John Bois, Bible translator (born 1560)
- 2 March – Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, Parliamentary General, killed by sniper (born 1608)
- 19 March – Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, soldier and politician, killed in action (born 1601)
- 24 June – John Hampden, parliamentarian, died of wounds (born c. 1595)
- 5 July – Bevil Grenville, soldier (born 1595)
- 25 July – Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, statesman (born 1584)
- 20 August – Anne Hutchinson, Puritan preacher (born 1591)
- 20 September, at the First Battle of Newbury:
- Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland, politician, soldier and author (born c. 1610)
- Robert Dormer, 1st Earl of Carnarvon (born 1610)
- Henry Spencer, 1st Earl of Sunderland (born 1620)
- 3 November – John Bainbridge, astronomer (born 1583)
- 29 November – William Cartwright, dramatist (born 1611)
- 8 December – John Pym, statesman (born 1583)
- approx. date – Henry Glapthorne, dramatist (born 1610)
References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 259–260. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Timeline 1643 – British Civil Wars". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
- ^ Memegalos, Florene S. (2007). George Goring (1608–1657): Caroline Courtier and Royalist General. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7546-5299-1.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 179–181. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Cawthorne, Nigel (2004). The Strange Laws of Old England. London: Piatkus. ISBN 0-7499-5036-6.
- ^ "Christmas Island history". Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 2011-11-02. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2011-12-09.