Timeline of the English Civil War

The English Civil War 1642- 1649

Timelines and Chronologies

Timelines help historians to understand the past because:

• Timelines show us the order of events

• Timelines show us how much time happens between the events we study

• Timelines are a visual way of learning about the past

• Timelines help us to organise and arrange the past into different periods

The English Civil War 1642 -164915 September 1643

Royalists sign a ceasefire with the Irish

15 February 1645 Parliament establishes the 'New Model Army’

30 January 1649 Charles I is executed at

Whitehall, London

5 May 1646 Charles I surrenders to the Scots

25 September 1643 Parliamentarians enter into an alliance with the

Scots

22 August 1642 Civil War begins as Charles I

raises his standard at Nottingham

2 July 1644 Scottish and Parliamentarian armies

destroy Charles I's northern army

23 October 1642 Royalist and

Parliamentarian armies clash at Edgehill,

Warwickshire

14 June 1645 Royalists are crushed by the New Model Army at Naseby,

Northamptonshire

Arrange the following events into an accurate and informative timeline (you may include additional events if you wish)

Your Timeline• You must include the above events – you can include others (I would

encourage you to do more)

• Your timeline can be produced how you like, on powerpoint, on paper, as a washing line with events attached…use your imagination….!

• Write a short paragraph describing what happened for each event.

• DO NOT copy and paste great chunks of writing from the internet. This is very obvious and will NOT gain you any credit. Instead write the information in your words as you understand it.

• DO NOT copy and hand in a timeline from the internet, this is also obvious.

• Pictures and colour are always good!

Some Examples of Timelines:

1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 1500

11th Century 12th Century 13th Century 14th Century 15th Century

1066 – Duke William of Normandy defeats King Harold II at the Battle of Hastings

1096 – Pope Urban II launches the First Crusade to recapture Jerusalem from the Muslims

1170 – Archbishop Thomas Becket is murdered in Canterbury cathedral on the orders of Henry II

1348 – The Black Death arrives in England, spread by black rats, and kills up to half of the population

1381 – The Peasants’ Revolt, led by Wat Tyler, ends in bloodshed as the peasants seek fairer treatment

The Middle Ages

Timelines are usually straight vertical or horizontal lines but they don’t have to be.

You can be more creative if you wish, but don’t make it too difficult..!

Students work will be evaluated on the following criteria.

•Quality of Information produced – and written in their own words.

•How good is it, as a timeline of the period?

•Presentation

•Effort put into the task.

Useful Websiteshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/civilwars_timeline_noflash.shtml

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/timeline_english_civil_war.htm

http://www.englishcivilwar.org/p/timeline.html

http://www.northamptonshiretimeline.com/article/english-civil-war/

Use your imagination!