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29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller's Parliamentarians defeated Royalist forces under the Earl of Forth and Lord Hopton, ending their advance in the south-east.

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2023-03-29

Savoyard/death's head helmet
These heavy helmets were used by the famous cuirassiers, and their three-quarter armor weighed 30kg to 40kg! In the British Civil War, a Parliamentarians was hit twice in the helmet by an enemy pistol at 0 distance, and was only dizzy afterwards😵🤭😆

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2023-01-30

Benjamin Franklin, born 1706, was friends with several parliamentarians. One, John Walsh, MP for was a keen scientist and shared his findings on the properties of electric eels with Franklin, for which the awarded him the Copley Gold Medal

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2023-01-17

1645: Parliamentarians formed the New Model Army to fight the Royalists in the English Civil War. Its soldiers, many of whom held radical and dissenting views, were full-time professionals rather than part-time militia.

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2023-01-06

13 December 1643 in a surprise attack, Sir William Waller's Parliamentarian forces stormed Alton in Hampshire. The Royalist defenders conducted a last stand in the Church of St Lawrence, which still has scars of the fighting today.

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2022-12-13

Thomas Gibson Bowles, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 19 Oct 1905

He was an English publisher and parliamentarian. He founded the magazines The Lady and the English Vanity Fair, and became a Member of Parliament in 1892. He was also the maternal grandfather of the Mitford sisters.

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2022-12-05

James Patrick Mahon, by Leslie Ward - Vanity Fair, 17 January 1885

He was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary.

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2022-11-10

Today 23 October is the anniversary of the battle of Edgehill fought in 1642 between Royalists and Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.

Both sides hoped for a decisive victory but the battle ended inconclusive and was just the beginning of a long and bloody war!

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2022-10-24

3rd of a set of 5 by Isaac Fuller 1660s ~Charles II's dramatic escape from Parliamentarian forces following defeat in battle of

As Charles sleeps, Colonel Careless guards taking shelter in oak tree, Boscobel Wood. 

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2022-09-10

Eleven years. Parliamentarians sacked Windsor Castle. Executed the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Laud. It got so bad that by the end in 1660 General Monck said to Charles II, the headless king’s son in exile, and said please come back.

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2022-09-09

Thought some might be interested to see a page of artwork for my upcoming graphic novel "The Misadventures Of Meonstoke" - Volume One.

"Dogleg Of Death" is the anthology's third story and will see Zebadiah Meonstoke battle Parliamentarian zombies beneath a haunted golf course.

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2022-07-27

22 Jul 1913 after German parliament approved an enormous military bill, Rosa Luxemburg gave a speech arguing that parliamentarianism wasn't enough to defend workers and that political mass strikes were a vital weapon in our arsenal. More about Rosa: https://t.co/eowIFWocbc

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2022-07-22

OTD 1650 Sir Charles Coote's parliamentarian army opened siege around Charlemont Fort, Co Armagh. Phelim O'Neill commands garrison of 150 men. Artillery was brought to bear against the works but the fort was a tough nut to crack & took 6 weeks to make an assailable breach

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2022-07-01

4 May 1643 Royalist forces commanded by William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, stormed the town of after a skirmish at the town's bridge, defended by local Parliamentarians including 30 boys from the town's grammar school.

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2022-05-04

9 April 1644 Parliamentarian forces under Sir William Waller stormed Winchester. They captured the town but the Royalist garrison held out in the castle.

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2022-04-09

29 March 1644 was the Battle of Cheriton (Alresford) in Hampshire. Sir William Waller's Parliamentarians defeated Royalist forces under the Earl of Forth and Lord Hopton, ending their advance in the south-east.

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2022-03-29

6 March 1644. Second siege of Newark.
Sir John Meldrum & c.7000 parliamentarians besiege the town. They were repulsed, losing many men & a 'great brass piece' that had originally been taken from the Marquis of Newcastle.
Prince Rupert spectacularly relieved Newark 2 weeks later.

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2022-03-06

19 February 1643 Parliamentarian forces took control of the county town of

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2022-02-19

1645: Parliamentarians formed the New Model Army to fight the Royalists in the English Civil War. Its soldiers, many of whom held radical and dissenting views, became full-time professionals rather than part-time militia.

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2022-01-07

On this day in 1643, parliamentarians commanded by Sir John Meldrum capture Gainsborough - the 3rd time it had changed hands that year.
A small fleet from Hull had supported Meldrum's attack upon a royalist fort at Barton on Strather by bombarding it.

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2021-12-20