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1 day ago · The night of his death, a great storm swept England and all over Europe. The most likely cause of death was sepsis (blood poisoning) following his urinary infection.
- Richard Cromwell
Richard Cromwell (4 October 1626 – 12 July 1712) was an...
- Bridget Cromwell
Bridget did not stay long and she was in England when the...
- Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland
The Cromwellian conquest of Ireland or Cromwellian war in...
- New Model Army
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army...
- The Protectorate
The Protectorate, officially the Commonwealth of England,...
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- Oliver Cromwell (Disambiguation)
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) was an English military and...
- Execution of Charles I
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- Richard Cromwell
2 days ago · French Wars of Religion. The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between French Catholics and Protestants (called Huguenots) from 1562 to 1598. Between two and four million people died from violence, famine or disease directly caused by the conflict, and it severely damaged the power of the French monarchy. [1]
- 2 April 1562 – 30 April 1598, (36 years and 4 weeks)
During the siege the king of Navarre was fatally wounded. While initially planning to follow up the capture of Rouen with a march on English held Le Havre, Guise was suddenly forced to reckon with the Protestant army once more, which emerged from its stay in Orléans and made a dash for the capital.
1 day ago · Early the following year, Moray was assassinated. His death occurred soon after an unsuccessful rebellion in the North of England, led by Catholic earls, which persuaded Elizabeth that Mary was a threat.
- 14 December 1542 – 24 July 1567
- Mary of Guise
1 day ago · Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban [a] PC ( / ˈbeɪkən /; [5] 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), known as Lord Verulam between 1618 and 1621, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method, and...
- Lord Verulam
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Apr 20, 2024 · Xu Guangqi (born April 24, 1562, Shanghai, China—died Nov. 8, 1633, Beijing) was an official of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), and the most influential Chinese convert to Christianity before the 20th century.
Apr 23, 2024 · Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford (born April 12, 1550, Castle Hedingham, Essex, England—died June 24, 1604, Newington, Middlesex) was an English lyric poet and theatre patron, who became, in the 20th century, the strongest candidate proposed (next to William Shakespeare himself) for the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays.
