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Subj: Today in History - Jan 30
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In London, King Charles I is beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649.
Charles ascended to the English throne in 1625 following the death of
his father, King James I. In the first year of his reign, Charles
offended his Protestant subjects by marrying Henrietta Maria, a Catholic
French princess. He later responded to political opposition to his rule
by dissolving Parliament on several occasions and in 1629 decided to
rule entirely without Parliament. In 1642, the bitter struggle between
king and Parliament for supremacy led to the outbreak of the first
English civil war.
The Parliamentarians were led by Oliver Cromwell, whose formidable
Ironsides force won an important victory against the king’s Royalist
forces at Marston Moor in 1644 and at Naseby in 1645. As a leader of the
New Model Army in the second English civil war, Cromwell helped repel
the Royalist invasion of Scotland, and in 1646 Charles surrendered to a
Scottish army. In 1648, Charles was forced to appear before a high court
controlled by his enemies, where he was convicted of treason and
sentenced to death. Early in the next year, he was beheaded.
The monarchy was abolished, and Cromwell assumed control of the new
English Commonwealth. In 1658, Cromwell died and was succeeded by his
eldest son, Richard, who was forced to flee to France in the next year
with the restoration of the monarchy and the crowning of Charles II, the
son of Charles I. Oliver Cromwell was posthumously convicted of treason,
and his body was disinterred from its tomb in Westminster Abbey and
hanged from the gallows at Tyburn.
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