- 1649 in England
Events from the year
1649 inEngland .Incumbents
Monarch -
King Charles I of England (to30 January )Events
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3 January - an explosion of several barrels ofgunpowder in Tower Street,London kills 67 people and destroys 60 houses. [cite book|title=The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|publisher=D. Appleton & co|author=Joel Munsell|year=1858] [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/london/content/articles/2005/05/03/tower_street_feature.shtml|title=BBC London, Features, Tower Street|accessdate=2007-12-05]
*20 January to27 January - Trial of KingCharles I of England held atWestminster Hall .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 185-186|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*30 January
** King Charles I beheaded.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** TheCommonwealth 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 theLong Parliament serve as government.
** Prince Charles Stuart declares himself KingCharles 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 Englishmonarchy .
*19 March - The House of Commons pass an act abolishing theHouse of Lords , declaring that it is "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
*19 April - Digger movement crushed at St George's Hill.
*17 May -Banbury mutiny ends - leaders of the Leveller mutineers in theNew Model Army are hanged.
*19 May - "" is passed by theRump Parliament .
* Robert Blake is promoted to become an Admiral of the English fleet.
*15 August -Admiral Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert to allowOliver Cromwell to land inDublin and begin theCromwellian conquest of Ireland .
*11 September - Cromwell takes Drogheda in Ireland.Births
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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)*
John Blow , composer and organist (died 1708)Deaths
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30 January - KingCharles 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 ofMassachusetts Bay Colony (born c.1587)
*6 September -Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick , explorer and geographer (born1574 )
*15 September - John Floyd, Jesuit preacher (born1572 )References
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