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Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England ... On 30th January, the anniversary of the execution of Charles I, the hangings took place and then the heads were cut off and stuck on ...

The first postmodern joke in the House of Commons was allegedly in Oliver Cromwell ... the trial and execution of Charles I. The focus of Commander in Chief is on Cromwell’s military ...

On September 17, 1656, Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector ... forces to triumph in a civil war that was concluded by the execution of the king, nevertheless wanted to make the point that all ...

Oliver Cromwell rises from obscurity, challenges King Charles I in the English Civil War, and ultimately orders the King's execution - as he says, a it was a 'cruel necessity'. In other parts of ...

On the anniversary of the execution of King Charles I on 30th January the bodies were hung. A 19th century stone over the vault where he was buried (now the Royal Air Force chapel) reads: In this ...

Following the defeat of King Charles I in the English Civil Wars, and later his trial and execution, Oliver Cromwell became ‘Lord Protector’ in 1653. Cromwell was a Puritan, a strict ...