Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 April 1599 in Huntingdon. An English soldier and statesman, Cromwell rose from the gentry to become the leader of the Parliamentarian cause in the English Civil War. As the organizer of the New Model Army, he won decisive victories at Marston Moor and Naseby, and he was one of the signatories of the death warrant of King Charles I. After the execution of the king and the abolition of the monarchy, he led brutal campaigns in Ireland and Scotland and from 1653 ruled as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. He refused the crown, and after his death the monarchy was restored; his body was later exhumed and posthumously executed.
Before and after
- 7 November 1598Birth of Francisco de Zurbarán
- 7 December 1598Birth of Gian Lorenzo Bernini
- 1599Birth of Diego Velázquez
- 22 March 1599Birth of Anthony van Dyck
- 25 April 1599Birth of Oliver Cromwell
- 1600Publication of A Midsummer Night's Dream
- 1600Publication of The Merchant of Venice
- from c. 1600s to 1890sDahomey
- from 1600 to 1611Polish–Swedish War of 1600–11
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- 1713Pragmatic Sanction of 1713
- from 28 May 1754 to 7 October 1763French and Indian War
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