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1641 - 16501641 Charles the First's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War
in England October 23: 50,000 Irish killed in an uprising in Ulster Charles I and the English Parliament acknowledge the Presbyterian Church
in Scotland 1642 Aug 22: Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham – First
Civil War in England (to 1649)- first engagement at Edge hill (23 October) –
Scottish Covenanters side with the English rebels who take power – the Earl of
Montrose sided with King Charles, strife spilled into Scotland The Civil War interrupted the keeping of parish registers English theatres closed by Puritans (till 1660) 1643 Solemn League and Covenant signed in Scotland 1644 Earliest Independent (Congregational) registers Earliest Presbyterian registers 1644-5 Montrose's Venture (Montrose executed in 1650) 1645 Battle of Philiphaugh in Scotland Inquisitions Post Mortem end Scotland: Each county and burgh ordered to raise and maintain a number of
foot soldiers, according to population, to serve as militia – population of
Scotland estimated at 420,000 Plague made its last appearance in Scotland 1646 June 20: Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford 1647 Earliest Baptist registers survive from this year 1649 January 30: King Charles I executed May 19: Commonwealth declared December 20: Theatres banned by Cromwell Cromwell's Irish campaign starts King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland 1650 George
Fox founds Society of Friends (Quakers) Coffee brought to England about this time
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