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In 1649, King Charles I was put on trial for treason. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. Even though Charles had fought against Parliament, only 59 commissioners signed Charles’ death ...

Charles I was crowned in Westminster Abbey on 2nd February ... So the body was taken for burial to St George's chapel at Windsor on 8th February 1649. He is buried in the same burial vault in the ...

Charles I was the second Stuart King of England, Scotland and Ireland who came to the throne in 1625 and was executed in 1649. The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme A shilling found in ...

Jan. 30 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1649, British King Charles I was beheaded by order of Parliament. In 1798, the first fight to break out on the floor of the U.S. House of ...

The English Civil War Society took to the streets of Westminister with their historic re-enactment in honour of Charles I.