Revision as of 17:37, 7 January 2023

History of the British people

There were three dominant Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria.

Some of the finest Anglo-Saxon art can be admired in the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph in (previously) Mercia's Breedon on the Hill.

10 March (1629): Charles dissolves Parliament and starts an 11-year period of personal rules.
22 August (1642): Civil War begins as Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham.
5 May (1646): Charles I surrenders to the Scots.
30 January (1649): Charles I is executed at Whitehall, London.
1 January (1651): Charles II is crowned king of Scotland.
3 September (1651): Final battle of the English Civil War with Cromwell defeating Charles II in Worcester.
29 May (1660): Charles II is restored to the throne.
6 February (1685): Charles II dies and James II accedes to the throne.

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