1649
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January 30 - King
Charles I of England,
Scotland and
Ireland is beheaded. His widow
Henrietta Maria resides in her native
France.
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January 30 - 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.
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January 30 - Prince Charles Stuart declares himself King
Charles II of England,
Scotland and
Ireland. At the time all three Kingdoms had not recognized him as ruler.
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February 5 - In
Edinburgh,
Scotland claimant King
Charles II of England is declared King in his absence. Scotland is the first of the three Kingdoms to recognize his claim to the throne.
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March 11 - The
Frondeurs (rebels) and the
French government sign the
Peace of Rueil.
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March 19 - The
House of Commons pass an act abolishing the
House of Lords, declaring that it is
"useless and dangerous to the people of England".
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May 17 -
Banbury mutiny ends - leaders of the
Leveller mutineers in the
New Model Army are hanged
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May 19 -
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
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August 15 -
Admiral Robert Blake blockades
Prince Rupert to allow
Oliver Cromwell to land in
Dublin and begin the
Cromwellian conquest of Ireland*
September 2 - The
Italian city of
Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of
Pope Innocent X, ending the
Wars of Castro.
* Unknown date -
Urga founded (now
Mongolian capital)
*
Digger movement crushed at St George's Hill
*
Fronde civil war in
France (
1648-
1653)
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February 2 -
Pope Benedict XIII (d.
1730)
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February 8 -
Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d.
1728)
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February 11 -
William Carstares, Scottish minister (d.
1715)
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April 5 -
Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d.
1721)
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April 9 -
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d.
1685)
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June 13 -
Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d.
1706)
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July 23 -
Pope Clement XI (d.
1721)
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September 15 -
Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d.
1705)
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December 7 -
Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b.
1606)
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December 8 -
Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (b.
1613)
See also :Category:1649 births.*
January 30 - King
Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (executed) (b.
1600)
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March 9 -
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (b.
1606)
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March 9 -
Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (b.
1590)
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March 16 -
Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (b.
1593)
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March 19 -
Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (b.
1577)
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March 26 -
John Winthrop First Governor of
Massachusetts Bay Colony*
May 14 -
Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (b.
1600)
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June 3 -
Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portugues historian and poet (b.
1590)
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September 6 -
Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (b.
1574)
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September 15 -
John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (b.
1572)
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October 3 -
Giovanni Diodati, Swiss protestant clergyman (b.
1576)
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October 16 -
Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (b.
1621)
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November 19 -
Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (b.
1576)
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December 4 -
William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b.
1585)
See also :Category:1649 deaths.
