| Year Summary | No Monarch. England was run by a Parliament called the '<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_Parliament" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">First Commonwealth Rump</a>'. However, Charles II is crowned as King of Scotland at Scone. The English Civil War (1642-1651) continued until September when Charles II lost the Battle of Worcester. Charles hid in the Royal Oak tree at Boscobel House in Shropshire before escaping to France. On a lighter note, the first ever coffee house opens in Oxford. |
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