18 February 1652Battle of PortlandGeorge Monck Albemarle, 1st
Serves among the English commanders during the naval battle off Portland.
Historical records for England in 1652, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Serves among the English commanders during the naval battle off Portland.
Parliament enacts the General Pardon and Oblivion after Worcester, offering broad wartime pardons while excluding specified offenders.
The Act of Indemnity, for acts of treason before the Battle of Worcester
The Act of Indemnity, for acts of treason before the Battle of Worcester
The Act of Indemnity, for acts of treason before the Battle of Worcester
Ruyter wins a victory over George Ayscues channel squadron
The Act of Settlement is passed. Irishmen who have killed an Englishman except in war will be executed & lose estates. Anti-English are liable to lose land & be deported
The Act of Settlement is passed. Irishmen who have killed an Englishman except in war will be executed & lose estates. Anti-English are liable to lose land & be deported
The Commons reverse the divorce of Catherine of Aragon, Mary is no longer illegitimate
Cromwell sells Hyde Park to 3 buyes for œ17,000, an entrance fee is required
The chief feature of the administration is the implementation of the Act of Settlement 1652, which decreed the settlement of the New Model Armys soldiers on the confiscated estates of Catholic landowners
Appointed Commander in Chief in Ireland
Fleetwood negotiates with the remaining guerrilla bands (known as "tories") to either surrender or to leave the country for service in the army of a country not at war with the Commonwealth of England
Heads a committee to discuss what form a new constitution could take
The first year of his tenure sees the mopping up of the last Catholic Irish guerrilla resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland. Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he enforces the Cromwellian Settlement
Death of John Byron
Death of Jacob Astley
Death of Thomas Belasyse
Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he enforces the Cromwellian Settlement
Marries Cromwell's daughter, Bridget, widow of Henry Ireton
Monck is appointed to naval command during the First Anglo-Dutch War.
The chief feature of the administration is the implementation of the Act of Settlement 1652, which decreed the settlement of the New Model Armys soldiers on the confiscated estates of Catholic landowners. Appointed Lord Deputy of Ireland, where he enforces the Cromwellian Settlement
The final capitulation of the scattered Royalist strongholds
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