Charles I, Civil War, Oliver Cromwell, the Commonwealth,  Charles II, the

Plauge, the Great Fire of LondonTallinna Prantsuse Lütseum

Andreas Kokk 10.B klass

Charles I

• 19.11.1600 – 30.01.1649• King of England, Scotland, Ireland.• Second son of King James VI of Scotland.• Quarrelled with the Parliament of England.• Dissolved Parliament three times. • Country split in two.

The Civil War

• 1642-1651• Cavaliers and Roundheads.• 1645 the Royalist army was finally defeated.• Oliver Cromwell.• “Model” army• King was sold to Parliament.• Escaped 1648.• Short lived second Civil War.• In 1649 he was captured and executed

Oliver Cromwell

• Emerged as the power in the country.• Dissolved the parliament.• Started England’s only dictatorship.• HIGHLY religious man (Fast day)• Died in 1658.• His son Richard succeeded him.• Free elections.• The Commonwealth 1649-1660.

Charles II

• Returned with skill.• Shared his fathers belief.• Was attracted to the Catholic Church.• First parties.• Charles had no heir and his brother James II

succeeded him in 1685.

The Plauge

• 1655• This time was different.• The nobility left the city.• Certificate of health.• Dogs and cats were killed.• Coloured staffs.• King Charles did not return until

February in 1666.

The Great Fire of London

• On the night of September 2, 1666.• East wind.• Diaries of Samuel Pepys.• After four days the wind stopped.• Over 13,000 houses, 89 churches and

52 company halls were destroyed.• Christopher Wren

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