Oliver Cromwell, English soldier and statesman, who led parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars and was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1653–58) during the republican Commonwealth. Learn more about the life and accomplishments o
The city revolted against Charles I in favor of Oliver Cromwell in 1649. In 1690 Cork was taken by John Churchill, earl of Marlborough, for William of Orange (William III). In 1919–20 Cork became a center of Irish nationalist resistance to British military and police repression, and parts...
Oliver Cromwell and other leaders of the Parliamentary cause were convinced England would never know peace as long as the king was alive. Charles, still on the Isle of Wight, didn't find the sympathetic support he hoped for and was sent back to London to face the newly established Rump Par...
Two blackmen, Oliver Cromwell and Prince Whipple, were with Washington when he crossed the Delaware on Christmas Day, 1776, to attack the British at Trenton. A black man named Estabrook captured the Royal Army's general Prescott Newport, and Peter Salem, a black, killed Major Pitcairn as he...
After the execution of Charles I, England was placed under the rule of Oliver Cromwell, who had helped overthrow the monarchy. One of Cromwell’s decisions was to close all the theatres in England, despite their immense popularity. When the Stuart dynasty was restored after Cromwell’s death,...
Oliver Cromwellpolitical allegorysatireexplicationhistorical criticismRoy Porter, Lesley Hall Yale University Press, 19.95, pp 415 ISBN 0 300 06221 4The enforced resignation of the US Surgeon General, at the end of last year, for implying that masturbation is part of normal sexuality is the most ...
Did you know Oliver Cromwell gave orders in May 1653 that Ulster Presbyterians be deported to Kilkenny, Tipperary, and Waterford? Did you know that Archibald McIlroy, perhaps the foremost local exponent of the Kailyard school of writing, died as a result of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania...
Ulster was part of Catholic Ireland until the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603) when, after suppressing three Irish rebellions, the Crown confiscated lands in Ireland and settled the Scots Presbyterians in Ulster. Another rebellion in 1641–1651, brutally crushed by Oliver Cromwell, resulted in ...
In 1647, Christmas was made illegal by a law that was passed by the English Parliament. Christmas festivities were banned by Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell, who considered feasting and revelry as immoral actions that were performed on the holy day that Christmas was. It was only when the Purita...
That government was then followed by The Protectorate, a military dictatorship under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell, from 1653 to 1659. The Stuarts returned to the reinstated throne in 1660, however King James II was overthrown in the Revolution of 1688 (also known as the Glorious Revolution)...