Editing 1645 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 3]] &ndash; The [[House of Lords]] passes the ''[[Self-denying Ordinance]]'', requiring members of the [[Parliament of England]] to resign [[Commissioned officer|commission]]s in the armed services.
* [[April 10]] &ndash; Because of the [[Black Death|plague]], the [[Edinburgh]] town council orders that the college graduation ceremony should be moved forward, so that students can leave the city (on [[November 19]], teaching resumes in [[Linlithgow]]).
* [[April 23]] ([[St George's Day]]) &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: One hundred and fifty Irish soldiers bound for service with King [[Charles I of England]] are captured at sea by [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]]s and killed at [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] in Wales.
* [[May 2]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Herbsthausen]] (or Mergentheim): The Bavarian army, led by [[Franz von Mercy]], catches French forces led by Marshal [[Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]] unawares, and heavily defeats them.
* [[May 9]] &ndash; [[Battle of Auldearn]]: Scottish [[Covenanter]]s are defeated by Montrose.<ref>{{cite book | last = Black | first = Jeremy | title = A History of the British Isles | publisher = Macmillan Education UK Imprint Palgrave | location = London | year = 1997 | isbn = 9781349260065 | page=28 | language=en}}</ref>
* [[June 1]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: Prince Rupert's army sacks [[Leicester]].
* [[June 10]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: [[Oliver Cromwell]] is confirmed as the Lieutenant-General of the Cavalry.
* [[June 14]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]] &ndash; [[Battle of Naseby]]: 12,000 [[Cavalier|Royalist]] forces are beaten by 15,000 [[Long Parliament|Parliamentarian]] soldiers.<ref name="history">{{cite book | last = Morrill | first = J. S. | title = The Oxford illustrated history of Tudor & Stuart Britain | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford New York | year = 1996 | isbn = 9780198203254 | page=372}}</ref>
* [[June 28]] &ndash; [[English Civil War]]: The Royalists lose [[Carlisle]].