{"slug": "cavalier", "label": "Cavalier", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2284765", "qid": "Q2284765", "description": "royalist supporter during and following the English Civil War", "entries": 12, "years": 6, "span": [1642, 1650], "span_label": ["1642 CE", "1650 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 12}], "related": [{"slug": "roundhead", "label": "Roundhead", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "charles-i-of-england", "label": "Charles I of England", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "long-parliament", "label": "Long Parliament", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cheshire", "label": "Cheshire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "covenanters", "label": "Covenanters", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "cornwall", "label": "Cornwall", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yorkshire", "label": "Yorkshire", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oxford", "label": "Oxford", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-model-army", "label": "New Model Army", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "covenanter", "label": "Covenanter", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 23", "text": "October 23 – First English Civil War: Battle of Edgehill (Warwickshire) – Royalists and Parliamentarians battle to a draw in the first pitched battle of the War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#October–December", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1642, "year_label": "1642 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 24", "text": "October 24 – The first Confederate Assembly of Ireland is held in Kilkenny where it sets up a provisional government, largely Catholic Royalist; start of the Irish Confederate Wars.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256188#October–December", "title": "1642", "revid": 1350256188, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1643, "year_label": "1643 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 13", "text": "March 13 – First English Civil War: First Battle of Middlewich – Roundheads (Parliamentarians) rout the Cavaliers (Royalist supporters of King Charles I) at Middlewich in Cheshire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340617365#January–March", "title": "1643", "revid": 1340617365, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – First English Civil War: Battle of Nantwich – The Parliamentarians defeat the Royalists, allowing them to end the 6-week siege of the Cheshire town.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#January–March", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 2", "text": "July 2 – English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor – The Parliamentarians crush the Royalists in Yorkshire, ending Charles I's hold on the north of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#July–September", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 2", "text": "September 2 – English Civil War: Second Battle of Lostwithiel (in Cornwall) – Charles I and the Royalists gain their last major victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369560996#July–September", "title": "1644", "revid": 1369560996, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – English Civil War – Battle of Naseby: 12,000 Royalist forces are beaten by 15,000 Parliamentarian soldiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#April–June", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 30", "text": "July 30 – English Civil War: Scottish Covenanters under Lord Leven begin the Siege of Hereford, a Royalist stronghold.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370309626#July–September", "title": "1645", "revid": 1370309626, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1645, "year_label": "1645 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 13", "text": "September 13 – Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms: Battle of Philiphaugh – The Covenanters under Sir David Leslie defeat the Royalists under Montrose near Selkirk in the Scottish Borders, restoring the power of the Committee of Estates. 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