Charles II was forced to hide in an oak tree at Boscobel on 6 September 1651, following his disastrous defeat at the Battle of Worcester three days earlier. He was crowned in Scotland and had led a small army across the border to reclaim the English throne which had been lost two years earlier, when…
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Oliver Cromwell: The Republic Leader The ARM Never Mention on ANZAC Day
Britain’s former war-veteran-turned Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell was born on 25 April. In Australia, every Anzac Day, the Australian Republic Movement, notably Peter FitzSimons, usually raise the issue of Australia becoming a republic. Yet they never mention Britain’s Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell whose birthday is also commemorated as Anzac Day in Australia, New Zealand and the…
Oliver Cromwell Sacked Parliament
Cromwell’s dismissal of the Rump Parliament is one of the Commons’ most famous scenes in its history. Cromwell changed from bully to dictator.