Charles The First Of England

His day of birth

Nov 19, 1600

born in Dunfermline Palace, Fife on 19 November 1600

Day of Babtisum

Dec 2, 1600

Charles was baptised on 2 December 1600 by the Bishop of Ross

Charles's older brother died

Nov 5, 1612

Henry died of suspected typhoid (or possibly porphyria) at the age of 18 in 1612, two weeks before Charles' 12th birthday

Charles left his home town

Jul 13, 1614

on 13 July 1604 Charles left Dunfermline for England

Charles gets married

May 11, 1625

11 May 1625, Charles was married by proxy to Henrietta Maria in front of the doors of the Notre Dame de Paris,

Charles was crowned

Feb 2, 1626

Charles was crowned on 2 February 1626 at Westminster Abbey

Charles was forced to leave

Jan 10, 1642

10 January 1642, Charles was forced to leave the capital, where he began travelling north to raise an army against his Parliament

English civil wat starts

Oct 26, 1642

26 October 1642

Charles was declared guilty

Jan 27, 1649

The King was declared guilty at a public session on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death. Fifty-nine of the Commissioners signed Charles' death warrant.

Charles was beheaded

Jan 30, 1649

Charles Stuart, as his death warrant states, was beheaded on Tuesday, 30 January 1649