who fought in the english civil war?
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English Civil Wars, also called Great Rebellion, (1642–51), fighting that took place in the British Isles between supporters of the monarchy of Charles I (and his son and successor, Charles II) and opposing groups in each of Charles's kingdoms, including Parliamentarians in England, Covenanters in Scotland, and ...
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During the Civil War, and even after the war came to an end, Yankee was a term used by Southerners to describe their rivals from the Union, or northern, side of the conflict. After the war, Yankee was once again mostly used to describe New Englanders. Yankees have been important players in politics.
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['Battle of Fort Sumter.', 'First Battle of Bull Run.', 'Battle of the Ironclads.', 'Battle of Shiloh.', 'Battle of Antietam.', 'Battle of Fredericksburg.', 'Battle of Chancellorsville.', 'Siege of Vicksburg.']
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The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.
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["United Kingdom: 25,000 British and 6,000 King's German Legion.", 'Netherlands: 17,000.', 'Hanover: 11,000.', 'Brunswick: 6,000.', 'Nassau: 3,000.', '156 guns.']
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["1340 Battle of Rio Salado (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada, last Marīnids invasion of Iberian Peninsula.", '1899 Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers defeat the British, leading to the Siege of Ladysmith.']
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The civil war was fought between the Union states (Northern states) and the states of the Confederacy (Southern states).
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war on April 19, 1775. The British Army set out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington as well as to destroy the Americans store of weapons and ammunition in Concord.
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War of the Spanish Succession: A major European conflict of the early 18th century (1701/2–1714) triggered by the death in 1700 of the last Habsburg king of Spain, Charles II. The Austrians, the Dutch, and English allies formally declared war against France and its allies in May 1702.
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['Jacopo Peri. 20 August 1561 - 12 August 1633. ... ', 'Claudio Monteverdi. Approx. ... ', 'Michael Praetorius. Approx. ... ', "Lepanto's Battle. 1575.", 'Gregorio Allegri. Approx. ... ', 'Girolamo Frescobaldi. 1583 - 1643. ... ', 'Francisco Correa de Arauxo. 1584 - 1654. ... ', 'Shakespeare-Hamlet. 1603.']
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['1605 The gunpowder plot, a Catholic conspiracy to blow up parliament, is discovered.', '1608 John Milton is born.', 'George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham is assassinated in Portsmouth.', 'The English Civil War between king and parliament begins. ... ', '1643 Isaac Newton is born.']
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The First Battle of Bull Run (the name used by Union forces), also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory.
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The United States Civil War, fought between 1861 and 1865, featured many major and minor engagements, and military actions. Among the most significant were the First Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Shiloh, the Battle of Antietam, the Battle of Gettysburg, and the Vicksburg Campaign.
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['William The Conqueror Defeats Harold At The Battle of Hastings - 1066. ... ', 'The Sealing Of Magna Carta - 1215. ... ', 'The Plague (Black Death) Arrives in England - 1346. ... ', 'Wars Of The Roses Begins - 1455. ... ', 'William Shakespeare Is Born - 1564. ... ', 'Guy Fawkes and The Gunpowder Plot Are Discovered - 1605. ... ', 'The Battle of Waterloo - 1815.']
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['24 May 1621: Protestant Union dissolved. ... ', '27 Apr 1622: Battle of Wiesloch / Mingolsheim. ... ', '6 May 1622: Battle of Wimpfen. ... ', '20 June 1622: Battle of Höchst. ... ', '29 Aug 1622: Battle of Fleurus. ... ', '6 Aug 1623: Battle of Stadtlohn.']
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Thirty Years' War. An international conflict taking place in northern Europe from 1618 to 1648. The war was fought between Catholics and Protestants and also drew in the national armies of France, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, and the Habsburg dynasty that ruled the Holy Roman Empire.
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['Feb 16, 1862. ... ', 'Mar 8, 1862. ... ', 'Apr 13, 1862. Battle and Capture of New Orleans. ... ', 'Sep 17, 1862. The Battle of Antietam. ... ', 'Jan 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation. ... ', 'Jul 1, 1863. Battle of Gettysburg. ... ', 'Nov 4, 1864. Abraham Lincoln wins re-election. ... ', 'Apr 9, 1865. Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.']