1650 The Marquis of Montrose defeated in Scotland, taken prisoner, sentenced, and barbarously murdered.
1651 Oliver Cromwell invaded Scotland, July 22nd. Charles II defeated at Worcester by Oliver, September 3rd.
1653 Oliver chosen protector of England, December 16th. The Rump parliament turned out by the army, which had sat twelve years six months and thirteen days. Scotland and Ireland united in one commonwealth with England, April 12th. Jamaica taken by the English.
1655 Cromwell dissolved the parliament.
1656 Oliver would not suffer the French King to call himself the King of France.
1656–7 A plot to destroy Oliver discovered.
1657 Doctor William Harvey, the first discoverer of the circulation of the blood, died January 5th.
1659 The House of Commons shut up, and entrance denied its members. The Rump sat again, May 7th. The Rump parliament turned out again by Lambert, October 18th. The Rump parliament re-admitted, December 26th.
1660 Oliver Cromwell’s corpse hung at Tyburn, December 2nd. The Long parliament dissolved, and another called, to be holden at Westminster, April 25th.
1661 The body of the noble Marquis of Montrose taken up, and interred in great state.