Colonel Thomas Blood attempted to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
HistoryPod Extra: Centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918
6th February 2018
On the 4th January 1642, Charles I attempted and failed to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War and his own eventual execution for treason.
On the 30th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland was executed outside the Banqueting House in London.
On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
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1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018
9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall
9th November 2019