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| 1649 |
| Jan 4 |
Rump Parliament |
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| Jan 8 |
High Court of Justice meets to discuss the
King's trial |
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| Jan 10 |
Bradshaw appointed President of the High
Court of Justice |
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| Jan 13 |
Charles brought to London |
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| Jan 17 |
The Second Ormond Peace |
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| Jan 20 |
The King's trial begins |
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| Jan 21 |
Rupert sails from Holland |
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| Jan 27 |
Charles condemned |
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| Jan 30 |
Charles beheaded at Whitehall |
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| Jan 31 |
Rupert's fleet at Kinsale |
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| Feb 5 |
Charles II procalimed King at Edinburgh |
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| Feb 6 |
Abolition of the House of Lords |
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| Feb 7 |
Abolition of the Monarchy |
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| Feb 13 |
The Council of State takes over |
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| Feb 26 |
Lilburne presents England's New Chains
Discovered |
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| Mar 9 |
Hamilton executed |
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| Mar 21 |
The Hunting of the Foxes |
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| Mar 22 |
Pontefract Castle surrenders |
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| Mar 26 |
Lilburne and other Levellers sent to the
Tower |
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| Apr 2 |
Petition for the release of Lilburne |
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| Apr 19 |
Digger commune broken up at St George's Hill |
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| Apr 27 |
Execution of Robert Lockier |
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| May 1 |
Lilburne's Leveller Manifesto |
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| May 13 |
Leveller mutineers defeated at Burford |
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| May 19 |
Commonwealth declared by the Council of State |
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| May 21 |
Blake blockades Rupert's fleet at Kinsale |
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| May 25 |
Doctor Dorislaus assassinated |
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| Jul 5 |
Munitions shipped to Ireland |
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| Jul 10 |
Cromwell leaves London for Ireland |
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| Aug 2 |
Battle of Rathmines |
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| Aug 15 |
Cromwell arrives in Dublin |
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| Sep 10 |
Cromwell arrives in Drogheda |
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| Sep 11 |
Massacre at Drogheda |
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| Oct 11 |
Massacre at Wexford |
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| Oct 15 |
Blake's fleet withdraws to Milford Haven |
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| Oct 20 |
Rupert sails from Kinsale and heads for
Portugal |
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| Oct 25 |
Lilburne acquitted |
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| Dec 7 |
Cromwell retires to Youghall for the winter |
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