Historical Events

Coronation of Richard the Lionheart

1189 Richard the Lionheart is crowned in Westminster, and 30 Jews are massacred after the coronation; Richard orders the perpetrators to be executed

1543 Cardinal Beaton replaces the Earl of Arran as regent for Queen Mary of Scots

Battle of Dunbar

1650 Oliver Cromwell 's English New Model Army defeats a Scottish force in a surprise attack at the Battle of Dunbar

1651 Battle of Worcester: Oliver Cromwell 's New Model Army destroys the English royalist force, composed mainly of Scots, in the last battle of the English Civil War

Succession of Richard Cromwell

1658 Richard Cromwell ("Tumbledown Dick") succeeds his father as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth

1725 Britain, France, Hanover, and Prussia sign the Covenant

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