CHARLES I LOSE HIS HEAD
In London, King
Charles I was beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649.
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| The day of the execution |
Charles I ascended to the English throne in 1625
following the death of his father, King James I.
He later responded to
political opposition to his rule by dissolving Parliament on several occasions
and in 1629 decided to rule entirely without Parliament. In 1642, the bitter
struggle between king and Parliament for supremacy led to the outbreak of The First English Civil War.
The
Parliamentarians were led by Oliver Cromwell, whose formidable Ironsides force
won an important victory against the king’s Royalist forces at Marston Moor in
1644 and at Naseby in 1645. As a leader of the New Model Army in The Second English Civil War, Cromwell helped repel the Royalist invasion of Scotland, and
in 1646 Charles surrendered to a Scottish army. In 1648, Charles was forced to
appear before a high court controlled by his enemies, where he was convicted of
treason and sentenced to death. On 30th January he was beheaded.
Now, the executioner and all the inhabitants of England celebrate that they are free and the civil war have ended. Have been difficult times but everything is over. After the death of Charles I, Will we be free for many years?
