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It is estimated that roughly 28,000 men were killed in combat in Scotland itself during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. More soldiers usually died of disease than in action at this time (the ratio was often 3–1), so it is reasonable to speculate that the true military death toll is higher than this figure.
The term Wars of the Three Kingdoms first appears in A Brief Chronicle of all the Chief Actions so fatally Falling out in the three Kingdoms by James Heath, published in 1662, [7] but historian Ian Gentles argues "there is no stable, agreed title for the events....which have been variously labelled the Great Rebellion, the Puritan Revolution, the English Civil War, the English Revolution and ...
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
Royalists - Forces in all three kingdoms loyal to Charles I of England and his son Charles II of England. Covenanters - Scottish Presbyterians organised by the Church of Scotland . Confederate Ireland - For a period from 1642-1649 this faction achieved self rule, and was allied to the Royalists.
3 January – the Long Parliament adopts A Directory for the Publique Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Together with an Ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of Common-Prayer, and for Establishing and Observing of this Present Directory throughout the Kingdom of England and the Dominion of Wales, drawn up by a parliamentary ...
1645: the English Parliament forms the New Model Army 1645: 14 June: the Battle of Naseby : the New Model Army crushes the Royalist army, effectively ending the First English Civil War 1645: 15 August, Montrose wins Royalist control of Scotland at the Battle of Kilsyth ; subsequently Covenanter armies returned from England defeat him at the ...
Scotland in the Wars of Three Kingdoms The Parliamentarians successfully block King Charles from advancing on London: 10: 27: 1644: Newbury 2nd: 1st English Civil War: The Royalists at Newcastle accept terms after a prolonged siege by the Scot Covenanters: 10: 27: 1644: Newcastle 1st (Siege Ends) 1st English Civil War: Scotland in the Wars of ...
The Battle of Worcester marked the end of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. [54] The defeated Scottish Government was dissolved, and the English Commonwealth absorbed the Kingdom of Scotland into the Commonwealth. [55] Military rule was imposed, with 10,000 English troops garrisoned across the country to quell the threat of local uprisings.