1642 First English Civil War

The First English Civil War (1642 - 1646) began the series of three wars known as the English Civil War (it was in fact very much a British war). "The English Civil War" (1642–51 refers collectively to the civil wars in England and the Scottish Civil War) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations that took place between Parliamentarians and Royalists, and includes the Second English Civil War (1648–1649) and the Third English Civil War (1649–1651). It began with the raising of King Charles I's standard at Nottingham on 22 August 1642, and ended on 3 September 1651 at the Battle of Worcester.