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1 May – claimant King Charles II of England signs the Treaty of Breda with the Scottish Covenanters.; 10 May – Commonwealth (Adultery) Act (1650) imposes the death penalty for incest, and for adultery, that is defined as sexual intercourse between a married woman and a man other than her husband.
1603 England – James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England) 1603 England – Plague; 1605 England and Scotland – on 5 November, the Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy Fawkes and other catholic associates attempted to blow up the king, James VI and I and the Parliament of England.
1650 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1650th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 650th year of the 2nd millennium, the 50th year of the 17th century, and the 1st year of the 1650s decade. As of the start of 1650, the ...
A house which lay buried for almost 400 years reveals an insight into life in republican England, archaeologists say. ... in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, dates back to about 1650 and was built ...
The Commonwealth of England was the political structure during the period ... episcopacy was suppressed and the Act of Uniformity 1558 was repealed in September 1650. [4]
The Anglo-Scottish war (1650–1652), also known as the Third Civil War, was the final conflict in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between shifting alliances of religious and political factions in England, Scotland and Ireland. The 1650 English invasion of Scotland was a pre-emptive ...
After Charles I's execution, the English Rump Parliament established a republican Commonwealth in England. When their erstwhile ally, Scotland, recognised Charles II as king of all of Britain on 1 May 1650 and began recruiting an army to support him, the English dispatched the New Model Army, under the command of Cromwell. The army crossed into ...
1650 in England (4 C, 4 P) 1651 in England (4 C, 11 P) ... Pages in category "1650s in England" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.