- 1642 in England
Events from the year
1642 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
Monarch -
King Charles I of England Events
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4 January - Charles I attempts to arrest five leading members of theLong Parliament , but they escape. [http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1641.htm British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate 1638-60] ]
*13 February - Charles assents to theBishops Exclusion Act thereby removing all bishops from theHouse of Lords .
*27 February - Charles rejects the Militia Bill.
*5 March - Parliament declares that "the People are bound by the Ordinance for the Militia, though it has not received the Royal Assent".
*18 June - Charles rejects theNineteen Propositions .
*10 July –30 July - Charles besieges Hull in an attempt to gain control of its arsenal.
*22 August - Charles raises the royal battle standard overNottingham Castle , so declaring war on his own Parliament.
*2 September - Parliament orders the theatres of London closed, effectively ending the era ofEnglish Renaissance theatre .
*23 September - English Civil War: Royalist victory at theBattle of Powick Bridge .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 178-179|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*23 October - English Civil War: Royalist victory at theBattle of Edgehill , the firstpitched battle of the War.
*29 October - King Charles entersOxford and establishes his court there.
*13 November - At theBattle of Turnham Green , the Royalist forces withdrew in face of the Parliamentarian army and failed to takeLondon .Births
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20 June -George Hickes , minister and scholar (died 1715)
*25 December (O.S.) -Isaac Newton , mathematician and physicist (died 1727)Deaths
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7 February -William Bedell , clergyman (born 1571)
*24 October -Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey Fen drainage adventurer and soldier (born 1583)
*7 November -Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester , politician (born c. 1563)References
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