November 13, 1643Charles I appoints James Butler, 1st Marquess of Ormond as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
September 13, 1645Royalist troops under Marquis of Montrose defeated by Covenanters led by David Leslie at Battle of Philiphaugh.
June 14, 1645The royalists, loyal to Charles I, suffer a key defeat by the English Parliamentarians at Naseby