Timeline Monday 3 April 1645

Events on Monday 3 April 1645 1

• 1645 New Model Army Created Parliament reorganises its forces for the English Civil War The New Model Army ordinance and the Self-Denying Ordinance restructured Parliament's forces into a single professional, nationally funded army under Sir Thomas Fairfax, with Oliver Cromwell as his cavalry commander. The reform barred sitting MPs from military command and produced the force that won at Naseby weeks later. It marked a turning point toward Parliamentary military professionalism.