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date: 30 Jan
  On the night of 9th February 1649, King Charles I was buried in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. He should have been buried in Westminster Abbey but permission was refused by the commission who tried him for treason, so he was laid to rest in St...
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  • 17th Century
  • Kings & Queens
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date: 05 Nov
The Gunpowder Plot   -  5th November 1605 -       Remember, Remember; The Fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot; I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot!” This was an English Folk Verse from around 1870. It...
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  • Assassination
  • Politics
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date: 04 Sep
The Great Fire of London - 1666 - Sunday Sept 2nd – Thursday 6th September - The population of London in 1600 was between 200,000 and 250,000 people. It was a fast growing city with distinct areas. Some grand houses lined the streets but...
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Free to view Exclusive FREE video on the execution of King Charles I
date: 09 Feb
-  The Burial of Charles I  -     On the night of 9thFebruary 1649 Charles I was buried in St. George’s Chapel, Windsor. The commission set up to try the monarch refused permission for him to be buried in Westminster Abbey so he was laid to rest in...
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  • 17th Century
  • English Civil War
  • Kings & Queens
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Free to view Exclusive FREE video on the execution
date: 30 Jan
The Execution of Charles I     -  January 30th 1649  -     It was a bitterly cold Tuesday, 30th January. A scaffold had been erected in Whitehall. The platform had been covered with a black cloth. A block stood in the middle. This was the block on...
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  • 17th Century
  • English Civil War
  • Kings & Queens
  • This week in history