| YEAR
| MONTH
| DAY
| EVENT
| -
|
| 1653
| April
| 20
| Cromwell forcibly dissolves the Rump Parliament
| RUMP
|
| July
| 4
| The Nominated Assembly meets
| NOMINATED ASSEMBLY
|
| November
| 3
| Bill for the reorganisation of the Court of Chancery passed by Nominated Assembly
|
| 21
| John Lilburne unsuccessfully applies for habeus corpus
|
| 24
| The Assessment Bill passed
|
| December
| 12
| Moderate members of the Nominated Assembly vote to surrender its powers to Cromwell
|
| 13
| Major-General Lambert produces the Instrument of Government at a meeting of the Council of State
| VOID
|
| 14-15
| With certain amendments, Cromwell accepts the Instrument
|
| 16
| Oliver Cromwell installed as Lord Protector
|
| -
|
| 1654
| March
| 20
| Commission of Triers established
|
| April
| 5
| Treaty to end First Anglo-Dutch War
|
| Dutch forced to pass the Act of Exclusion
|
| 12
| Ordinance for the union of England and Scotland
|
| May
| Failure of John Gerward's plot to assassinate Cromwell
|
| June
| 27
| Ordinances for elections in Scotland and Ireland
|
| August
| 28
| Commission of Ejectors appointed
|
| September
| 3
| First Protectorate Parliament assembles
| FIRST PROTECTORATE PARLIAMENT
|
| October
| Three Colonels (Alured, Okey & Saunders) petition
|
| December
| 25
| The Western Design launched
|
| -
|
| 1655
| January
| 22
| Cromwell dissolves the First Protectorate Parliament
|
| March
| 11
| Penruddock's Uprising in the West Country
| VOID
|
| 14
| Penruddock's rebels defeated by Colonol Croke in Devon
|
| April
| 17
| Penn and Venables' failure to take Hispanola from Spain
|
| May
| 17
| Penn and Venables capture Jamaica
|
| June
| 7
| Chief Justice Henry Rolle resigns over Instrument legality
|
| July
| 9
| Henry Cromwell takes up appointment as Major-General of the army in Ireland
|
| August
| 22
| First instructions to the Major-Generals issued
| RULE OF THE MAJOR-GENERALS
|
| September
| 21
| Decimation Tax introduced
|
| October
| 11
| Commission issued to the Major-Generals
|
| 15
| The Council of State declares support for Cromwell's policy of war with Spain
|
| 24
| Commercial treaty signed between Protectorate and France
|
| 31
| Rule of the Major-Generals proclaimed in England and Wales
|
| Menassah ben Isreal submits a petition for the re-admission of Jews into England
|
| -
|
| 1656
| May
| 12
| A Healing Question Propounded by Sir Henry Vane critisises Cromwell
|
| September
| 4
| Sir Henry Vane arrested and imprisoned at Carisbrooke Castle
|
| 9
| Vice-Admiral Stayner captures the Spanish plate fleet off Cadiz
|
| 17
| Second Protectorate Parliament assembles
| FIRST SESSION OF THE SECOND PROTECTORATE PARLIAMENT
|
| October
| 1
| Parliament approves the war with Spain
|
| December
| 17
| Nayler Case - Parliament convicts the Quaker
|
| -
|
| 1657
| January
| 28
| Decimation Tax abandoned
|
| The Rule of the Major-Generals abandoned
|
| February
| 23
| The Humble Petition and Advice presented to Parliament
|
| Offer to the Crown to Cromwell
|
| March
| 13
| Military alliance treaty signed between Protectorate and France against Spain
|
| April
| 20
| General-at-sea Blake destroys the Spanish fleet at Santa Cruz
|
| May
| 8
| Cromwell formally refuses the Crown
|
| 25
| A revised version of The Humble Petition and Advice, avoiding mention of the royal title, passed by Parliament
|
| June
| 26
| Cromwell's second installation as Lord Protector under a new constition in a cermony reminiscent of a royal coronation
|
| August
| 7
| Death of Robert Blake
|
| 29
| John Lilburne dies of fever
|
| November
| 17
| Henry Cromwell officially appointed Lord-Deputy of Ireland
|
| -
|
| 1658
| January
| 20
| Second session of the Second Protectorate Parliament begins
| SECOND SESSION OF THE SECOND PROTECTORATE PARLIAMENT
|
| February
| 4
| Cromwell dissolves the Second Protectorate Parliament
|
| March
| 18
| Anglo-French alliance renewed
| HUMBLE PETITION AND ADVICE
|
| June
| 4
| Anglo-French army defeats a Spanish force at Battle of the Dunes in Dunkirk
|
| September
| 3
| Death of Oliver Cromwell
|
| Richard Cromwell accepted as his successor by the Council of Officers and the Army
|
These notes are aimed at A Level history students, speciffically those studying Edexcel Unit 6 on Cromwell.
