Major Events
- Jan 6 The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes"
- May 19 England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament making England a republic for the next 11 years
- More 1649 Events
1649 in Music
- Jan 5 Francesco Cavalli's opera "Giasone" premieres in Venice (the most popular opera of the 17th century)
John Trenchard
James Scott
Charles I
John Winthrop
Famous Weddings in 1649
- Oct 7 Philip IV, King of Spain (44) marries his niece Mariana of Austria (14) in Navalcarnero, Spain
Rembrandt van Rijn
Louis XIV
Oliver Cromwell