| Oliver Cromwell is born
in Huntingdon, 25th of April | 1599 | |
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| 1600
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| Charles I is born |
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| Enters Sydney Sussex College
at the University of Cambridge | 1616 | |
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1618 | Start of the 30 Years War | |
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| Marries Elizabeth Bourchier |
1620 | |
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| 1625
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 | James I dies |
| Charles I becomes King of England | ||
| Charles I marries Henrietta Maria of France | ||
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Becomes member of Parliament from Huntingdon Borough
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1629 | Charles I dissolves Parliament | |
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| Inherits land and a minor
office from his uncle | 1636 | |
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1639
| Civil War with the Scots | |
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| Has his religious conversion |
 | 1640
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Becomes member of Parliament from
Cambridge Borough
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1642 | Start of the First English Civil War | |
| Battle of Edgehill | ||
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| Becomes Colonel
of Army
of the Eastern Association |
1643 | Battle of Preston |
| Battle of Newbury | ||
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| Becomes Lieutenant
of Army
of the Eastern Association and makes a decisive contribution to the victory
at Marston
Moor | Battle of Marston Moor, July 2nd | |
| Battle of York | ||
| 1644 | Battle of Donnington Castle | |
| Battle of Lostwithiel | ||
| Battle of Newbury | ||
| Self Denying Ordinance | ||
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| 1645
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New Model Army is established |
| Becomes
Lieutenant-General of the New
Model Army | Battle of Naseby | |
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1646 | End of the First English Civil War | |
| Charles I surrenders to the Scots | ||
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| Supports Parliamentary
army in clashes with Parliament | 1647 | Scots hand Charles I over to the English |
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Faces down the Levellers
in the town of Putney | Charles I escapes to the Isle of Wight and makes alliance with the Scots | |
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| Crushes Royalist
rising in South Wales | 1648 | Pride's Purge |
| Battle of Preston | ||
| Rump Parliament | ||
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| Boldly signs Charles I
death warrant | 1649 | Charles I is tried and executed on January 30th |
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Commands army that puts down rebellion at Drogheda
and Wexford
| The monarchy and the House of Lords are abolished | |
| The Commonwealth is declared | ||
| Charles II is proclaimed king by the Scots | ||
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| Commands
army sent to crush Scotland, July |
| 1650
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| Battle of Dunbar | ||
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Becomes supreme military commander | ||
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| Cromwell defeats
the combined forces of Charles II and the Scots at Worcester |
1651 | Battle of Worcester |
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| Brings a troop of soldiers
into the House of Commons and forcibly evicts its members |
1653 | Barebones Parliament created and dissolved |
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Refuses to accept the crown and is instead
named Lord Protector December 16th | Instrument of Government, England's first written constitution, is established | |
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| Dissolves the first Protectorate
Parliament | 1654 | Establishes the Protectorate in September |
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| 1655
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| Penruddock's Rising | ||
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| 1656 |
Summons the Second Protectorate Parliament | |
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| Rejects Parliament's offer
of the crown and remains Lord
Protector | 1657 | Humble Petition and Advice |
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| Appoints his eldest son,
Richard
Cromwell as Lord Protector | 1658 | Second Protectorate dissolved |
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Cromwell dies on September 3rd
at Whitehall, England
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1659 | Removal of Richard Cromwell as Lord Protector | |
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| 1660
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| Reestablishment of monarchy under Charles II in May |
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| Cromwell body is exhumed
and posthumously "executed" on January 30th |
1661 |