1649 in England
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Events from the year 1649 in England.
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[edit] Incumbents
Monarch - King Charles I of England (to 30 January)
[edit] Events
- 3 January - an explosion of several barrels of gunpowder in Tower Street, London kills 67 people and destroys 60 houses.[1][2]
- 20 January to 27 January - Trial of King Charles I of England held at Westminster Hall.[3]
- 30 January
- King Charles I beheaded.[4]
- The Commonwealth of England, a republican form of government, replaces the monarchy as the form of government of England and later of Scotland and Ireland. Members of the Long Parliament serve as government.
- Prince Charles Stuart declares himself King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. At the time none of the three Kingdoms had recognised him as ruler.
- 17 March - Parliament formally abolishes the English monarchy.[3]
- 19 March - The House of Commons pass an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring that it is "useless and dangerous to the people of England".[3]
- 19 April - Digger movement crushed at St George's Hill.[3]
- 17 May - Banbury mutiny ends - leaders of the Leveller mutineers in the New Model Army are hanged.
- 19 May - An act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Rump Parliament.
- Robert Blake is promoted to become an Admiral of the English fleet.
- 15 August - Admiral Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert to allow Oliver Cromwell to land in Dublin and begin the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.
- 11 September - Cromwell takes Drogheda in Ireland.[4]
[edit] Births
- 9 April - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland (died 1685)
- 15 September - Titus Oates, minister and plotter (died 1705)
[edit] Deaths
- 30 January - King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (executed) (born 1600)
- 9 March - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, soldier (executed) (born 1590)
- 26 March - John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (born c.1587)
- 6 September - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, explorer and geographer (born 1574)
- 15 September - John Floyd, Jesuit preacher (born 1572)
[edit] References
- ^ Joel Munsell (1858). The Every Day Book of History and Chronology. D. Appleton & co.
- ^ BBC London, Features, Tower Street. Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 185-186. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
