May 7 |
Richard Cromwell forced by the Council of Officers to reinstate the Rump Parliament. |
May 24 |
Resignation of Richard Cromwell after Parliament refuses to recognise the Protectorate. |
Jun 7 |
Parliament commissions Charles Fleetwood commander-in-chief of the armies in England and Scotland but retains the power to appoint or promote officers. |
Jul 3 |
Viscount Mordaunt arrives in England to co-ordinate a general Royalist insurrection. |
Aug 5-19 |
Booth's Uprising: Royalist revolt in Cheshire, suppressed by Colonel John Lambert. |
Sep |
Officers of Lambert's army meet at Derby and draw up a petition setting out their demands for the government of the nation. |
Sep 22-3 |
Parliament forbids any further petitioning by soldiers. Sir Arthur Hesilrige calls for Lambert's arrest. |
Oct 12 |
Parliament revokes the commissions of Lambert and eight other senior officers. |
Oct 13 |
Lambert's troops occupy Westminster and prevent Parliament from sitting. |
Oct 15 |
The Council of Officers appoints a ten-member Committee of Safety to consider how to carry on the government. |
Oct 20 |
General Monck sends a declaration from Scotland demanding the return of Parliament. |
Oct 25 |
The Council of State dissolved; the Committee of Safety re-appointed by Army leaders. |
Nov 3 |
Lambert marches north from London with 12,000 troops to block Monck's route into England. |
Nov 12 |
Monck's representatives arrive in London for talks with the Council of Officers. |
Nov 24 |
Former members of the Council of State appoint Monck commander of all military units in England and Scotland and empower him to take military action against the enemies of Parliament if necessary. |
Dec 3 |
Sir Arthur Hesilrige secures Portsmouth for Parliament. |
Dec 5 |
Riots in London for the return of Parliament. |
Dec 8 |
Monck crosses the border and establishes his headquarters at Coldstream. |
Dec 14 |
Vice-Admiral John Lawson sails for the Thames, threatening to blockade London in support of Parliament. |
Dec 26 |
Fleetwood forced to recall the Rump Parliament. |
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