1630-1649 Taj Mahal, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell
This twenty year period covers the reign of Charles I who
was executed in 1649 and the monarchy was suspended during the Protectorate of
Oliver Cromwell. In this period there was constant warfare in the world, but at least the
building of the beautiful Taj Mahal began during this period.
This period coincided with the year ending the 1625–1630 Anglo–Spanish War -- part of the 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War that continued inSweden , France ,
Spain and Austria -- and the middle of the
1620-1645 Manchu Conquest of China. Then came the 1632–1634 Smolensk War, the
1634 Polish-Swedish War, the 1637 Pequot War, the 1639–1645 Kieft's War, the
1639–1652 Wars of the Three Kingdoms (the British Civil Wars), the 1640–1656
Catalan Revolt, the 1640–1668 Portuguese War of Independence, the 1640–1701
French and Iroquois Wars, (or the "Beaver Wars"), the 1641–1649 Wars
of Castro, the 1645–1669 Turkish-Venetian War ("Cretan War"), the
1648–1653 The Fronde and the 1648–1660 Northern Wars, a series of wars
involving Poland, Sweden, Brandenburg, Russia and Transylvania and
Denmark-Norway.
The execution of Charles I was a terrible shock, but in view of religious tension he should have minded his own business. Instead, in 1637 he tried to impose a new prayer book onScotland ,
provoking protest from the Calvinists who drew up the National Covenant
asserting the inviolability of the Scottish church. Then Civil War broke out in
1642, Charles I surrendered to the Scots army and was executed 1649. For the
period after 1649 until Charles II became king by negotiation in 1660, England was a
'republic' under the protectorship of Oliver Cromwell. It was an amazing
period.
During this period work started on the beautiful Taj Mahal in 1632, in 1633 Galileo proclaimed that the earth revolved around sun, not vice versa, and was punished for holding views against that of the Catholic Church. In 1637 the first opera house was built inVenice , in 1642 Tasmania (van Dieman's
Land) was discovered by Abel Tasman, in 1642 Blaise Pascal invented the adding
machine and in 1643 Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer.
This period coincided with the year ending the 1625–1630 Anglo–Spanish War -- part of the 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War that continued in
The execution of Charles I was a terrible shock, but in view of religious tension he should have minded his own business. Instead, in 1637 he tried to impose a new prayer book on
During this period work started on the beautiful Taj Mahal in 1632, in 1633 Galileo proclaimed that the earth revolved around sun, not vice versa, and was punished for holding views against that of the Catholic Church. In 1637 the first opera house was built in
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