Historical place archive

Charing Cross in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Charing Cross in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

8 records3 event labels7 people1290–1660

Historical events in Charing Cross

1290

1290
Burial
Edward I · House of Plantagenet

Edward constructs a series of crosses from Harby to Eleanors resting place in London

1290
Charing Cross
Edward I · House of Plantagenet

Marks the resting place of the body of Queen Eleanor

1660

13 October 1660
Execution
Thomas Harrison · Restoration

Executed as one of the regicides after the Restoration.

15 October 1660
Execution
John Carew · Restoration

Executed for his role in the trial and death of Charles I.

16 October 1660
Execution
Hugh Peters · Restoration

Executed after the Restoration for supporting the regicide cause.

16 October 1660
Execution
John Cook · Restoration

Cook is executed for prosecuting Charles I before the High Court of Justice.

17 October 1660
Execution
Adrian Scrope · Restoration

Scrope is executed for signing the death warrant of Charles I.

17 October 1660
Execution
John Jones · Restoration

Jones is executed as one of the regicides after the Restoration.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Charing Cross. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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