1643 in England
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Events from the year 1643 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
Monarch - Charles I
Events
- 19 January - English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Braddock Down secures dominance in Cornwall.
- 23 January - English Civil War: Leeds falls to Parliamentary forces.[1]
- 13 March - English Civil War: Royalist victory at the First Battle of Middlewich.
- 18 March - Battle of New Ross fought in Ireland between English and Irish forces.[2]
- 19 March - English Civil War: A Royalist victory at the Battle of Hopton Heath.[2]
- 25 April - English Civil War: Reading falls to Parliament after the Siege of Reading.[2]
- 13 May - English Civil War: Parliamentary forces led by Oliver Cromwell defeat Royalist forces at Grantham.[1]
- 16 May - English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Stratton confirms dominance in Cornwall and Devon.
- 14 June - Licensing Order of 1643 passed by Parliament to censor newspapers.[2]
- 18 June - English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Chalgrove Field.[2]
- 30 June - English Civil War: Royalist victory at the Battle of Adwalton Moor.[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 - English Civil War: Narrow Royalist victory at the Battle of Lansdowne.[2]
- 13 July - English Civil War: Decisive Royalist victory at the Battle of Roundway Down.[2]
- 26 July - English Civil War: Royalists capture Bristol.[3]
- 28 July - 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.
- 20 September - English Civil War: Royalists defeated at the First Battle of Newbury.[1]
- 25 September - The Solemn League and Covenant is signed between the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.[1]
- 11 October - English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Winceby.[2]
- 13 December - English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Alton.[2]
- 25 December - Christmas Island is first sighted, by Captain William Mynors of the English East India Company.[4]
- 27 December - 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 (born 1608)
- 19 March - Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton, soldier and politician (born 1601)
- 24 June - John Hampden, parliamentarian (born c. 1595)
- 5 July - Bevil Grenville, soldier (born 1596)
- 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 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". Retrieved 2007-07-04.
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 179–181. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ "Christmas Island history". Australian Government, Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities. 2011-11-02. Retrieved 2011-12-09.