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| Capture Blake, Robert |  |
Jamaica Defeats the Spanish after the British  capture of Jamaica |
| Capture Cromwell, Oliver | |
Dunkirk It is agreed France  willcapture Gravelines & England willcapture Dunkirk & Mardyck |
| Gravelines It is agreed France willcapture Gravelines & England willcapture Dunkirk & Mardyck |
| Mardyck It is agreed France willcapture Gravelines & England willcapture Dunkirk & Mardyck |
| Constitution Cromwell, Oliver | |
| Mar Cromwell is offered the crown by Parliament as part of a revised constitutional settlement, presenting him with a dilemma, since he had been "instrumental" in abolishing the monarchy, Cromwell agonises for six weeks over the offer |
| 13th April Makes clear that God's providence had spoken against his office of king, "I would not seek to set up that which Providence hath destroyed and laid in the dust, and I would not build Jericho again" |
| 26th May Dunkirk Cromwell is installed as Lord Protector under a new constitution |
| Death Blake, Robert | |
| 17th Aug Plymouth Death of Robert Blake, while was entering Plymouth Harbour |
| Diplomacy Cromwell, Oliver | |
Flanders England will provide a fleet & 6,000 men & France 20,000 men against Spain  in Flanders |
| Signs atreaty ofAlliance with France |
| Diplomacy Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Flanders England will provide a fleet & 6,000 men & France 20,000 for war against Spain |
| Dismissal Lambert, John | |
| July London Dismissed after protesting about the offer of the Crown to Cromwell |
| Humble Petition Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 8th May Cromwell rejects the Humble Petition |
| Invasion of Flanders Morgan, Thomas | |
| April Flanders Sent to Flanders as the 2nd in Command of an Army of about 6,000 |
| Invasion of Flanders Reynolds, John | |
| April Flanders Sent to Flanders with an Army of about 6,000 |
| Investiture Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 25th May London Agrees to Parliaments proposal that he should be invested as Lord Protector |
| 26th June London Invested as Lord Protector in Westminster Hall, where Charles I was tried 8 yrs prior |
| Investiture Fleming, Oliver | |
| 26th June London Master of Ceremonies at the Investiture of Oliver Cromwell as the Lord Protector |
| Kingship Cromwell Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 8th May Cromwell rejects the offer of the Kings hip |
| Knighthood Bennett, Henry | |
| Bennett recieves a knighthood |
| Lord Chancellor Cromwell, Richard | |
| Appointed Chancellor of Oxford University |
| Lord Protector Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 26th June Cromwell is ceremonially re-installed as Lord Protector (with greater powers than had previously been granted him under this title) at Westminster Hall, sitting upon King Edward's Chair which was specially moved from Westminster Abbey |
| Marriage Beaufort, Henry | |
| Marries Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Lord Capell |
| Marriage Belasyse, Thomas | |
| Belasyse marries Mary Cromwell, a younger daughter of Oliver Cromwell |
| Marriage Somerset, Henry | |
| 17th Aug Marries Mary Capell, daughter of Arthur Capell, 1st Lord Capell |
| Peerage Belasyse, Thomas | |
| 9th April Belasyse is created Earl Fauconberg, 1st |
| Restoration Packe, Christopher | |
| 23rd Feb London Addresses Parliament & calls for the return of the monarch, the House of Lords |
| 23rd Feb London Introduces the "Humble Petition & Advice" to Parliament |
| Siege of Santa Cruz Blake, Robert | |
Santa Cruz Destroys the Spanish West India  n Fleet in Santa Cruz |
| Succession Cromwell, Oliver | |
| 8th May London Announces he will not accept the title of King |
