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  1. English Civil Wars | Causes, Summary, Facts, Battles, & Significance

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    Events from the year 1640 in England . 5 January – Parliament fixes a quorum of 40 for its proceedings to be transacted. 12 January – Thomas Wentworth becomes Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland and Earl of Strafford. 17 January – John Finch becomes Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.
    The Covenanters invaded England on August 20, 1640, taking Newcastle following the Battle of Newburn on August 28. The king was demoralized and humiliated and had no alternative but to negotiate and recall parliament at the insistence of the Scots.
    1640, or MDCXL in Roman numerals, was the 1st year of the 1640s decade and the 40th year of the 17th century. It was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar and on Wednesday in the Julian calendar, the 640th year of the 2nd millennium, and the 1640th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.
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    Short Parliament, (April 13–May 5, 1640), parliament summoned by Charles I of England, the first to be summoned for 11 years, since 1629, and the prelude to the Long Parliament. Determined to impose the Anglican liturgy on the Scots, Charles sent an army northward in the first of the so-called Bishops’ Wars.
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