| Year | Principal Events |
| 1637 | The Book of Common Prayer imposed in Scotland |
| 1639-40 | Bishops' Wars |
| 1640 | Short Parliament / Long Parliament |
| 1641 | Irish Rebellion |
| 1642-6 | First Civil War |
| 1643 | Peace talks between King and Parliament fail at Oxford |
| 1644 | Battle of Marston Moor |
| 1645 | Formation of the New Model Army / Battle of Naseby |
| 1646 | Charles I surrenders to the Scots |
| 1648 | Scottish army loyal to Charles I defeated by Cromwell |
| Pride's Purge of the Long Parliament | |
| 1649 | Charles I executed |