• 17 January – the
Long Parliament passes the
Vote of No Addresses, breaking off negotiations with
King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the
Second English Civil War. • 11 February –
ordinances passed against
plays; actors to be fined and theatres pulled down. • 30 April – Royalists capture
Berwick and
Carlisle. • 8 May – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the
Battle of St. Fagans in Wales. • 1 June – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary victory at the
Battle of Maidstone. • 15 September–27 November – Second English Civil War: Parliamentary Commissioners and the King negotiate the
Treaty of Newport at
Newport, Isle of Wight. • 7–18 November – the
New Model Army's General Council, convening at
St Albans Abbey, debates and adopts the "Remonstrance of General Fairfax and the Council of Officers", largely drawn up by
Henry Ireton, proclaiming the sovereignty of the people and calling for a trial of the King. On 20 November, a delegation of officers present the Remonstrance to Parliament. • 1 December – the King, under arrest, is moved from the
Isle of Wight to
Hurst Castle on the mainland. • 5 December – majority of the
House of Commons votes in favour of accepting the Treaty of Newport. • 6 December –
Pride's Purge: Troops of the
New Model Army under the command of Colonel
Thomas Pride (and under the orders of General Ireton) arrest or exclude Presbyterian members of the
Long Parliament who are not supporters of the Army's
Grandees or Independents, creating the
Rump Parliament which on 13 December annuls the Treaty of Newport. • 7 December – Cromwell returns to London having taken the surrender of
Pontefract Castle. • 19–22 December – the King, under arrest, is moved from Hurst Castle to
Windsor. • 28–29 December – the Rump Parliament gives first and second readings to an ordinance instituting a special
High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I. • Approximate date – a Religious Society of Friends (
Quakers) begins to form around
George Fox. ==Births==