1934 Event France hit by a general strike against fascists and royalists 1821 Event Battle of Carabobo; Bolivar defeats royalists outside of Caracas 1651 Event Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 1649 Event Massacre of Drogheda-Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists 1645 Event Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists 1645 Event Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists 1644 Event Battle of Marston Moor: Parliamentary forces defeat royalists 1643 Event Battle at Wincebt: English New Model-army beats royalists 1643 Event Battle at Roundway Down: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Event Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies 1643 Event Battle at Grantham: English parliamentary armies beat royalists 1642 Event Civil War in England began between Royalists and Parliament