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Dissolution of Parliament

England · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1647–1648Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1647

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd18 October 1647

Warfare / Civil War

The Levelllers demand a dissolution of Parliament within a year and substantial changes to the constitution of future Parliaments, which were to be regulated by an unalterable "law paramount"

1648

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd6 December 1648

London · Warfare / Civil War

Attempts to form a provisional Government around the Independent Members of Parliament

Names involved

Thomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd

Provenance

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