Events in History in 1649

Jan 6 The English Rump Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial for treason and other "high crimes"

Feb 5 Prince of Wales proclaimed King Charles II of Great Britain by Covenanter Parliament of Scotland

Feb 8 Sobornoye Ulozheniye of 1649: Russia adopts new code of laws, consolidating serfdom (OS 29 Jan) [1]
Mar 11 The Frondeurs (French rebels) and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.
Apr 21 Maryland Toleration Act passed in the American colony, allowing freedom of worship for Christians but sentencing to death anyone who rejected the divinity of Jesus
May 19 England is declared a Commonwealth by an act of the Rump Parliament making England a republic for the next 11 years
Jun 1 Russian Tsar Alexis throws English merchants out of Moscow

Sep 2 The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.

Sep 11 Massacre of Drogheda, Ireland - Oliver Cromwell kills 3,000 royalists

Oct 31 John Wallis, newly appointed Savilian Professorof Geometry at Oxford University, gives his Inaugural lecture