-
Execution of Charles I
King Charles I executed for treason. In London, King Charles I is beheaded for treason on January 30, 1649. ... In 1648, Charles was forced to appear before a high court controlled by his enemies, where he was convicted of treason and sentenced to death -
revocation of the edict of nantes
The Edict of Fontainebleau was an edict issued by Louis XIV of France, also known as the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes had granted the Huguenots the right to practice their religion without persecution from the state -
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, or Revolution of 1688, was the November 1688 deposition and subsequent replacement of James II and VII as ruler of England, Scotland and Ireland by his daughter Mary II and his Dutch nephew and Mary's husband, William III of Orange. -
Declaration of independance
The United States Declaration of Independence is the pronouncement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 4, 1776 -
Treaty of Nanjing
The Treaty of Nanjing was a peace treaty which ended the First Opium War between the United Kingdom and China on 29 August 1842. It was the first of what the Chinese later called the unequal treaties