Person1600 – 1649
Charles I
Also called: Charles I of England, Charles Stuart
King of England and Scotland from 1625 to 1649 whose clash with Parliament brought on the Puritan Revolution; he was tried and executed
Where they went
3 related events
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In 1628 the English Parliament presented Charles I with the Petition of Right, forbidding taxation without Parliament’s consent and arbitrary imprisonment, and won his assent.
In 1642 civil war broke out between Parliamentarians and Royalists; Parliament’s side under Cromwell won, executed Charles I in 1649 and set up a republic. This English revolution lasted until the monarchy was restored in 1660.
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On 30 January 1649 Charles I, condemned for treason by a special court set up by Parliament, was executed at Whitehall in London.
People who appear alongside
- Oliver Cromwell1599 – 1658
English soldier and statesman who led the Puritan Revolution, defeated the Royalists with Parliament’s army, founded the Commonwealth and became Lord Protector
Themes this person appears in
- Scientific Revolution, Enlightenment and the English Revolutions1543 – 1796
The Scientific Revolution from Copernicus to Newton, parliamentary government in England won through the Puritan and Glorious Revolutions, and the Enlightenment that sought to remake society by reason — the groundwork of the civic revolutions and the Industrial Revolution