1649 - What happened in 1649 ?

January 1649

King Charles I of England is beheaded.

The Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.

An Act declaring England a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament.

The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.

Siege of Drogheda ends: Oliver Cromwell's English Parliamentarian troops take the town and massacre its garrison.

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