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Parliament drew up 27 articles in November 1644 and presented them to Charles I of England at Oxford. [1] Much input into these Propositions of Uxbridge was from Archibald Johnston . [ 2 ] The conditions were very assertive, with Presbyterianism to be established south of the border, and Parliament to take control of all military matters.
On 27 May, the Treaty of Madrid ended the 1654-1660 Anglo-Spanish War, and England agreed to mediate an end to the Portuguese Restoration War in return for commercial concessions. [9] The Dutch raid on the Medway in June forced England to agree to the Treaty of Breda on 31 July, and negotiations then began between the two countries for a common ...
Franco-British negotiations began at Breda in August 1746 but were deliberately delayed by the Duke of Newcastle, who controlled British foreign policy. The death of Philip V of Spain in July 1746 seemed an opportunity to break the Bourbon alliance , while Newcastle hoped the Orangist revolution would revitalise the Dutch war effort, and allow ...
Ends the Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia. Treaty of Tetuan First treaty between Morocco and Great Britain signed on 23 January 1721 by Charles Stewart and the Pasha of Tetuan , and later ratified by King George I and Sultan Ismail : 300 English captives were freed and English merchants were allowed special capitulations in Moroccan ...
'England not Europe.' 'Our foreign policy cannot be conducted against the will of the nation.' 'Europe's domain extends to the shores of the Atlantic, England's begins there.' [78] 1821–32: Britain supports Greece in the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire ; the 1832 Treaty of Constantinople is ratified at the London Conference ...
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) [a] was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.. Charles was born into the House of Stuart as the second son of King James VI of Scotland, but after his father inherited the English throne in 1603, he moved to England, where he spent much of the rest of his life.
The Seven Years' War (1756–1763 in Europe, 1754–1763 in North America) was a major international conflict centered in Europe but reaching across the globe. Great Britain and Prussia were the winners over France, Austria, Spain and Russia. Britain swept up much of the overseas French Empire in North America and India. The financing of war ...
15 January, "An Agreement of the People of England, and the places therewith incorporated, for a secure and present peace, upon grounds of common right, freedom and safety" presented to the Rump Parliament; 20 January, The trial of Charles I of England by the High Court of Justice begins; 27 January, The death warrant of Charles I of England is ...