The Parliament of Scotland proclaims Charles Stuart, Prince of Wales (r. 1649 – 1651, in Scotland; 1660 – 1685, in England and Scotland), as king.
[added 10/5/2024]
The elective House of Commons declares that the hereditary House of Lords “is useless and dangerous and ought to be abolished.”
Postscript: The House of Lords did not meet again for over a decade.
[restored 10/5/2024]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
Winston Churchill, A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, four volumes. (London: Cassell, 1956-58), 2:285.
Timeline of the English Civil War – Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_English_Civil_War
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