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Chronological Table: Cromwell

Battle of Dunbar. -Covenanters defeated by Cromwell. 1651 The battle of Worcester, won by Cromwell. 1652 The first war between the English and Dutch. -- Dark or Mirk Monday, 30th March.

July 30th. 1653 The Dutch fleet defeated by Monk, 30 ships taken and Van Tromp killed, 1654 End of the Commonwealth in England. -Oliver Cromwell Lord Protector. The English, under Admiral Penn, take possessron of Jamaica. Christina Queen of Sweden resigns the crown to Charles X. 1655 | Pope Alexander VII. 1658 Dunkirk delivered to the English. -- LEOPOLD I. Emperor of Germany.

Richard Cromwell Lord Protector of England. 1659 The peace of the Pyrenees between France and Spain. 1660 Charles II. King of Great Britain. - Restoration of Monarchy. The peace of Oliva between Sweden, Denmark, and Poland. 1661 The Marquis of Argyle beheaded for treason, 27th May. 1662 The Royal Society instituted in England.

Dunkirk sold back to the French. 1663 Carolina planted.

The French Academy of Inscriptions instituted. 1664 The second Dutch war begins. 1665 Charles II. King of Spain.

Great plague in London. 1666 Great fire of London.

The Academy of Sciences instituted in France.