Decades: 1590s 1600s 1610s 1620s 1630s - 1640s - 1650s 1660s 1670s 1680s 1690s

Years: 1644 1645 1646 1647 1648 - 1649 - 1650 1651 1652 1653 1654

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Ongoing events 3 Year in topic 4 Births 5 Deaths

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.
• May 19 - An Act declaring England to be a Commonwealth is passed by the Long Parliament.

• Fronde civil war in France (1648-1653)

• 1649 in literature
• 1649 in science

• February 2 - Pope Benedict XIII
• April 9 - James Crofts, illegitimate son of Charles II of England, later as James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.
• July 23 - Pope Clement XI

• January 30 - King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (beheaded by an angry Parliament.)
• March 5 - Henry Rich, Earl of Holland (Executed).