1645 in England

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Events from the year 1645 in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 3.1 Unknown dates 4 References

[edit] Events

• 10 January - Archbishop of Canterbury William Laud executed for treason on Tower Hill, London.^[1]
• 14 January - English Civil War: Fairfax appointed Commander-in-Chief.
• 29 January - English Civil War: Armistice talks opened at Uxbridge.
• 15 February - English Civil War: New Model Army is founded officially.
• 29 February - English Civil War: Uxbridge armistice talks failed.
• 4 March - English Civil War: Prince Rupert left Oxford for Bristol.
• 3 April - The House of Lords passes the Self-denying Ordinance.
• 1 June - English Civil War: Prince Rupert's army sack Leicester.
• 10 June - English Civil War: Cromwell confirmed as Lieutenant-General of Cavalry.
• 14 June - English Civil War: Battle of Naseby - 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.
• 28 June - English Civil War - the Royalists lose Carlisle.
• 10 July - English Civil War: Cromwell wins the Battle of Langport, Somerset.
• 10 September - English Civil War: Prince Rupert surrenders Bristol.
• 24 September - English Civil War: Parliamentarians defeated Royalist cavalry at the Battle of Rowton Heath.
• 8 October - English Civil War: Final crushing of Basing house begun.
• 11 October - English Civil War The re-fortification of Bourne, Lincolnshire castle against threatened Royalist attack, was begun.

• Siege of Raglan Castle during the English Civil War.
• The Long Parliament outlaws the 1559 version of the Book of Common Prayer to be replaced with the Directory of Public Worship.

[edit] Births

• Daniel Burgess, divine (d. 1713)
• John Fenwick, conspirator (d. 1697)
• Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin, politician (d. 1712)
• Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent (d. 1702)
• John Mill, theologian (d. 1707)
• Josias Priest, dancer (d. 1735)
• John Reading, composer and organist (d. 1692)
• George Walker, soldier (d. 1690)
• William Winde, architect (d. 1722)

[edit] Deaths

• 2 January - Edward Barrett, 1st Lord Barrett of Newburgh, politician (born 1581)
• 3 January - John Hotham, parliamentarian (year of birth unknown)
• 10 January - William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1573)
• 23 January - Mary Ward, nun (born 1585)
• 1 February - Henry Morse, Catholic priest (born 1549)
• 18 February - Richard Baker, historian (born 1568)
• 16 April - Tobias Hume, composer (born c. 1569)
• 17 April - Daniel Featley, theologian (born 1578)
• 17 July - Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, politician (born c. 1587)
• 6 August - Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex, merchant (born 1575)
• 16 August - Tobias Hume, composer (born c.1559)
• 14 September - Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born 1585)
• 24 September - William Lawes, composer and musician (born 1602)
• 27 October - Philip Stanhope, Royalist colonel (year of birth unknown)
• 22 November - John Philipot, officer of arms (born 1588)

[edit] Unknown dates

• William Browne, poet (b. c. 1590)
• Henry Gage, soldier (b. 1597)
• John Hotham the younger, Member of Parliament (b. 1610)
• Emilia Lanier, poet (b. 1569)
• Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow, judge (b. 1589)
• Thomas Nabbes, dramatist (b. 1605)
• William Smith, composer (b. 1603)
• William Strode, parliamentarian (b. 1598)

[edit] References