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Battle of Langport at Somerset: Oliver Cromwell’s New Model-army beats Royalists
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1649
Sep
11
Massacre of Drogheda: Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, 3,000 royalists massacred
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1651
Sep
03
Battle of Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists
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Oct
09
The English Rump Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, passes the Navigation Act (An Act for increase of Shipping, and Encouragement of the Navigation of this Nation)
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1653
Apr
20
In London, Oliver Cromwell dissolves the British Rump Parliament
Battle of Porto Farina (aka Ghar al Milh), Tunisia -- A Royal Navy squadron sent by Oliver Cromwell under the command of Admiral Robert Blake beats Barbary pirates [-ed 1654? NOT ’Postage Farina’ which every other timeline has]
