1649
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Years: 1646 1647 1648 - 1649 - 1650 1651 1652 |
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Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century
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1649 (MDCXLIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events
- January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded. His widow Henrietta Maria resides in her native France.
- January 30 - The Commonwealth 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 the Long Parliament serve as government.
- January 30 - Prince Charles Stuart declares himself King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. At the time all three Kingdoms had not recognized him as ruler.
- February 5 - In Edinburgh, Scotland claimant King Charles II of England is declared King in his absence. Scotland is the first of the three Kingdoms to recognize his claim to the throne.
- March 11 - The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
- March 19 - The House of Commons pass an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring that it is "useless and dangerous to the people of England".
- May 17 - Banbury mutiny ends - leaders of the Leveller mutineers in the New Model Army are hanged
- May 19 - An act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Rump Parliament.
- Robert Blake is promoted to become an Admiral of the English fleet
- August 15 - Admiral Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert to allow Oliver Cromwell to land in Dublin and begin the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
- September 2 - The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
- Unknown date - Urga founded (now Mongolian capital)
- Digger movement crushed at St George's Hill
[edit] Ongoing events
[edit] Births
- February 2 - Pope Benedict XIII (d. 1730)
- February 8 - Gabriel Daniel, French Jesuit historian (d. 1728)
- February 11 - William Carstares, Scottish minister (d. 1715)
- April 5 - Elihu Yale, American benefactor of Yale University (d. 1721)
- April 9 - James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland, and Ireland (d. 1685)
- June 13 - Adrien Baillet, French scholar and critic (d. 1706)
- July 23 - Pope Clement XI (d. 1721)
- September 15 - Titus Oates, English minister and plotter (d. 1705)
- December 7 - Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)
See also Category:1649 births.
[edit] Deaths
- January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland, and Ireland (executed) (born 1600)
- March 9 - James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton, Scottish statesman (born 1606)
- March 9 - Henry Rich, 1st Earl of Holland, English soldier (executed) (born 1590)
- March 16 - Jean de Brébeuf, French Jesuit missionary (born 1593)
- March 19 - Gerhard Johann Vossius, German classical scholar and theologian (born 1577)
- March 26 - John Winthrop First Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony (born c.1587)
- May 14 - Friedrich Spanheim, Dutch theologian (born 1600)
- June 3 - Manuel de Faria e Sousa, Portugues historian and poet (born 1590)
- September 6 - Robert Dudley, styled Earl of Warwick, English explorer and geographer (born 1574)
- September 15 - John Floyd, English Jesuit preacher (born 1572)
- October 3 - Giovanni Diodati, Swiss Protestant clergyman (born 1576)
- October 16 - Isaac van Ostade, Dutch painter (born 1621)
- November 19 - Caspar Schoppe, German scholar (born 1576)
- December 4 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (born 1585)
- December 8 - Noël Chabanel, French Jesuit missionary (born 1613)
See also Category:1649 deaths.