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1 giorno fa · The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
4 giorni fa · Oliver Cromwell (25 April 1599 – 3 September 1658) was an English statesman, politician, and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in the history of the British Isles.
1 giorno fa · Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715), also known as Louis the Great ( Louis le Grand) or the Sun King ( le Roi Soleil ), was King of France from 1643 until his death in 1715. His verified reign of 72 years and 110 days is the longest of any sovereign. [1] [a] Although Louis XIV's France was emblematic ...
21 giu 2024 · Charles I, king of Great Britain and Ireland (1625–49), whose authoritarian rule and quarrels with Parliament provoked a civil war that led to his execution. He carried on the belief in royal absolutism that was advocated by his father, James I, who began the antagonistic relationship with Parliament during his reign.
- Charles I was the king of Great Britain and Ireland from 1625 to 1649. Like his father, James I, and grandmother Mary, Queen of Scots, Charles I ru...
- Charles I was born in 1600 to James VI of Scotland (who later became James I) and Anne of Denmark. He was a sickly child and was devoted to his bro...
- When his brother, Henry, died in 1612, Charles became heir to the throne. He formed an alliance with the duke of Buckingham. In the last 18 months...
- From the beginning of his reign, Charles I demonstrated a distrust of the House of Commons. Parliament was critical of his government, condemning h...
- On January 20, 1649, Charles I was brought before a specially constituted court and charged with high treason and “other high crimes against the re...
28 giu 2024 · Philip IV (born April 8, 1605, Valladolid, Spain—died Sept. 17, 1665, Madrid) was the king of Spain (1621–65) and of Portugal (1621–40), during the decline of Spain as a great world power. He succeeded his father, Philip III of Spain, in 1621, and, for the first 22 years of his reign, Philip’s valido, or chief minister, was ...
4 giorni fa · Along with his kingdom, Charles I inherited a domestic economic crisis and the war with Spain. A series of bad grain harvests, continued dislocation of the cloth trade, and a virulent plague that killed tens of thousands all conspired against the new king.
1 lug 2024 · 1950 - Jean-Marc Ayrault, politico francese. 1950 - Doina Bumbea, pittrice rumena († 1997) 1950 - Svein Gjedrem, economista e ex calciatore norvegese. 1950 - Yoshimitsu Morita, regista e sceneggiatore giapponese († 2011) 1950 - Gloria Naylor, scrittrice statunitense († 2016) 1950 - Mike Pejic, ex calciatore inglese.
