English Commonwealth Declared
May 19, 1649
The Rump Parliament abolished the monarchy and the House of Lords and declared England a Commonwealth and Free State. Oliver Cromwell, the rising military leader, was its de facto ruler. For the first and only time, England had no king. The republic would last eleven years and end from exhaustion.
In context
Also in 1649 (3 other events on record)
- Charles I Executed · Europe · Politics
- Cromwell Sacks Drogheda · Europe · War
- Diggers Dig at Saint George's Hill · Europe · Politics
Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: December 6, 1648: Pride's Purge
- After: 1650: Kangxi Emperor Born
Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.