Editing 1646 (section)

=== January&ndash;March ===
* [[January 5]] &ndash; The English House of Commons approves a bill to provide for Ireland to be governed by a single Englishman.
* [[January 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bovey Heath]] in Devonshire: Oliver Cromwell's [[New Model Army]] surprises and routs the Royalist camp of [[Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth|Lord Wentworth]].
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet]], a Royalist fighting for Prince Charles against Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, is imprisoned for insubordination after proposing to make [[Cornwall]] self-governing in order to win Cornish support for the Royalists.  After being incarcerated at the tidal island of [[St Michael's Mount]] off of the coast of Cornwall, he is allowed to escape in March to avoid capture by Cromwell's troops.
* [[January 20]] &ndash; [[Francesco Molin]] is elected as the 99th [[Doge of Venice]] after 23 ballots, and governs the Venetian Republic for nine years until his death in 1655.
* [[January 21]] &ndash; [[Philip Sidney, 3rd Earl of Leicester]] is approved by England's House of Commons as the [[Lord Lieutenant of Ireland]]. 
* [[February 16]] &ndash; [[First English Civil War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Torrington]]: A decisive [[Roundhead|Parliamentary]] victory is gained over the [[Cavalier|Royalist]]s.<ref>{{cite book | last = Edgar | first = F. T. R. | title = Sir Ralph Hopton: the King's man in the West (1642-1652): a study in character and command | publisher = Clarendon P | location = Oxford | year = 1968 | isbn = 9780198213727 | page=183 | language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] &ndash; Roger Scott is tried in [[Massachusetts]] for sleeping in church.
* [[March 2]] &ndash; The future [[Charles II of England]] escapes from [[Cornwall]] into exile across the [[English Channel]].
* [[March 6]] &ndash; Joseph Jenkes obtains the first colonial machine patent, in Massachusetts.
* [[March 15]] &ndash; Start of the [[Battles of La Naval de Manila]], a series of five naval battles fought between the [[Dutch Republic]] and [[Spain]] in the waters of the [[Philippines]].