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| Alliance Charles II |  |
| Mar Sends General Middleton to support the Scottish clans who declared loyalty to the King |
| Alliance Middleton | |
| Mar Sent to support the Scottish clans who declared loyalty to the King |
| Battle of Harwich Blake, Robert | |
| June Harwich Sinks 20 of the 110 ships sent by wTromp to break the English blockade of the Channel |
| Battle of Harwich Tromp, Martin Van |  |
| June Harwich The English sink 20 of the 110 ships sent by Tromp to break their Channel blockade |
| Battle of Portland Blake, Robert | |
| Mar Portland Bill Wins an exchange with the Dutch which closes the Channel to Dutch merchant shipping |
| Battle of Portland Ruyter, Michael Adriaanszoon de | |
| 13th Feb Portland Fights at the Battle of Portland |
| Birth Corelli, Arcangelo |  |
| Birth of Arcangelo Corelli |
| Chief Minister Witt, Jan de | |
| Appointed Chief Minister of the United Provinces |
| Constitution Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 19th April Cromwell holds a conference to discuss a new provisional government |
| 20th April The Council of State is dissolved, the army is left in power |
| 16th Dec Cromwell accepts the position of Lord Protector |
| Council State Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| Appointed Member of the Council of State |
| Council State Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 20th April The Council of State is dissolved, the army is left in power |
| Council State Lambert, John | |
| July Appointed Member of the Council of State |
| Leader Council of Officers Lambert Lambert, John | |
| July Leader of the Council who appoint Cromwell Lord Protector |
| Lord Protector Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 16th Dec Appointed Lord Protector |
| Papal Bull Innocent X | |
| Condemns Jansenist views on grace |
| Rome Condemns Jansenist views on grace |
| Parliament Cromwell, Oliver | |
| London Calls a Puritan Convention which is nicknamed the Barebones Parliament |
| London Dissolves the Rump Parliament |
| London The Rump Parliament is replaced by a Puritan Parliament |
| 20th April London Enters the Commons & forcefully expels the Rump Parliament |
| 12th Dec London The Barebones Parliament is forcefully dissolved |
| Privy Council Ashley-Cooper, Anthony | |
| London Appointed Member of the Barebones Parliament |
| Provisional Government Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 19th April Cromwell holds a conference to discuss a new provisional government |
| Rebellion Fleetwood, Charles | |
| The last organised Irish force surrenders in 1653 |
| Rebellion Lillburne, Robert | |
| Sent to Scotland to subdue the Scottish forces mobilizing for Charles II |
| Rule of Kandahar Jahan |  |
| Kandahar Loses of Kandahar to the Persians |
| Sealed Knot Charles II | |
| Supports a conspiratorial royalist society in England called the Sealed Knot |
| Superintendent Fouquet, Nicolas |  |
| Paris Appointed Superintendant of Finances |
| Taj Mahal Jahan | |
| Taj Mahal Shah Jahan completes the Taj Mahal, master builders, masons, calligraphers, etc. along with more than 20,000 laborers, worked for 22 years under orders of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan to complete the great mausoleum for the shah's beloved wife |
| Unification Alexis I Mikhaylovich |  |
| 1st Oct Ukraine The Zemski Sobor votes to incorporate the Ukraine into Russia |
| Vice Admiral Ruyter, Michael Adriaanszoon de | |
| Aug Appointed Vice Admiral |
