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17th October 1660, Nine signers of the death warrant of Charles I, who was executed in 1649, are executed. After the restoration of the monarchy in this year, and with Charles II on the throne, those who had been involved in the trial and execution of his father, including those who had already died; were hung, drawn and quartered, their bodies thrown into a pit, and their heads placed on spikes. The remains of Oliver Cromwell who had proclaimed himself Lord Protector under the English Commonwealth (1649 to 1660), and who had been dead for two years in 1660, were also dug up, hung drawn and quartered, and his head placed on a spike where it was displayed at Westminster in London. Cromwell’s head was still on display when the English poet Robert Herrrick passed away fourteen years later, Herrick was buried on the 15th October 1674. It is very possible that Herrrick saw the head, due to the fact that he lived in Westminster at the time, exactly the same area where the head was displayed. Perhaps it was the sight of the head that influenced the carpe diem poem he is best known for. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time. ``Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today, Tomorrow will be dying’. Follow @ofgrave.concern for more dark tales from history #englishcivilwar #englishcivilwarsociety #cromwell #olivercromwell #hungdrawnandquartered #17thcentury #17thcenturyhistory #englishhistory #charlesi #britishhistory #westminister #londonhistory #17thcenturystyle #historicalstories #historytales #historicaltales #darkhistory #houseofstuart #carpediem #robertherrick #gatheryerosebudswhileyemay #gatheryerosebuds #charlesii #diedonthisday #restorationperiod #history #headonaspike #macabre #gothictales #macabrehistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CVGLQdoFhho/?utm_medium=tumblr

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6th September 1776, first submarine attack in history during the American revolutionary war. American inventor, teacher, medical doctor and engineer, David Bushnell launches his submersible named ‘Turtle’, into the waters of New York City Harbour against the British ship HMS Eagle’. The attack fails, but Bushnell’s utilization of a screw propeller, and water for ballast are still used to this day. In 1787, Bushnell relocated to France where he met fellow American inventor Robert Fulton, In 1800 Napoleon had asked Fulton to build what would become the first working submarine named the ‘Nautilus’. It is possible that Bushnell assisted Fulton with his design. 12th September 1624, King James I of England and IV of Scotland, witnesses alongside 3,000 spectators lined along the banks of the Thames in London, the first launching of a submarine. Designed by Dutch inventor Cornelis Drebbel, for the Royal Navy, the pigskin-covered wooden frame, is powered by six oars, and carries sixteen passengers including the King himself. Able to stay submerged for three hours, at a depth of twelve to fifteen feet. The King is amazed by the contraption, but the invention is never implemented by the Navy beyond its first testing. In the style of historical what if’s, I would love to present an alternative history, where the battles of Naseby and Marston Moor during the English Civil War twenty years later would be joined by the names of naval battles fought between Parliamentary and Royalist submarines. Art shown is influenced by steampunk history, and is for sale on the website at: www.ofgraveconcern.com/ Follow @ofgrave.concern for more tales of strange history #submarine #submarines #strangehistory #amazinghistory #astounding #steampunkart #steampunkillustration #americanrevolution #historystory #americanrevolution #americanrevolutionarywar #navalbattles #warofindependence #robertfulton #jamesi #englishcivilwar #londonhistory #riverthameslondon #englishcivilwarsociety #interestingfact #royalnavyhistory #historicalillustration #fantastical #steampunkart #submersible #submersibles #historicaltales #historytales #steampunkstyle #steampunktendencies #whatif #charlesii https://www.instagram.com/p/CTpaaE5lLT_/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Shallow brooks, and rivers wide. Towers, and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. Hard by, a cottage chimney smokes, From betwixt two aged oaks, L'Allegro John Milton 3rd September 1651, Oliver Cromwell’s new Model Army destroys the last royalist army at the Battle of Worcester, the last battle of the English Civil War. After the battle the son of Charles I, who later would be restored to the throne as Charles II, hides in an Oak tree to avoid capture. The tree becomes known as the Royal oak. The tree survived until the 17th and 18th centuries, where it became the site of souvenir hunters who hacked off branches and limbs until the tree died. A descendant of the tree still stands today. In April 1786 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson visited the site of the battle, where the English Civil War had ended resulting in a constitutional monarchy. Disappointed by the locals lack of knowledge of the site. John Adams then proceeded to lecture them upon its history and wider impact stating ‘do Englishmen so soon forget the ground where liberty was fought for?’. On the same day 3rd September 1783, the Treaty of Paris was signed ending the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America, which recognized its existence as a free, sovereign, and independent state. Ironically on the same day in 1658, English general, and Lord Protector of England Oliver Cromwell died of malaria and kidney stone disease aged 59. His son Richard succeeded him as Lord Protector of England, during the Rump parliament, until arrested by the army, (Continued in the comments). #oaktree #johnmilton #olivercromwell #englishcivilwar #englishcivilwarsociety #17thcentury #17thcenturyhistory #charlesi #houseofstuart #royaloak #johnadams #thomasjefferson #lordprotector #hungdrawnandquartered #newenglandprimer #englishhistory #englishhistorynerd #constitutionalmonarchy #talesfromhistory #historicalplace #stuarthistory #britishhistory #restorationperiod #historytales #interestingfact #interestinghistory #americanrevolution #americanrevolutionarywar #charlesii #historyfacts https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXYyN0nDNK/?utm_medium=tumblr

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25th May 1659, fall from power of English statesman Richard Cromwell, second Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland and son of the first Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell. Becoming Lord Protector upon his fathers death on the 3rd September 1658, Richard Cromwell attempted to forge a path between the varying protestant factions, and royalist elements of what was called the Rump Parliament. Refusing a demand by the army to dissolve the parliament, he was on this day arrested by the army and removed from power, whereupon he was given the nicknames "Tumbledown Dick" and "Queen Dick". 25th May 1660, a year to the day after the fall of Richard Cromwell and the Commonwealth, Charles II lands in Dover, four days later on the 29th May 1660, on his 30th birthday, he enters London to claim the English throne which is backdated to 1649, the year of his fathers execution. Nine signers of the death warrant of his father are hanged, drawn and quartered, their bodies thrown into pits. The remains of Oliver Cromwell, who had been dead for two years, are also dug up, hung, drawn and quartered, and his head placed on a spike where it was displayed at Westminster in London. 26th May 1703, death of English navy administrator and Member of Parliament Samuel Pepys. Pepys historical fame is established by his diary, an important firsthand account of everyday life during the 17th century restoration period in the years after the death of Oliver Cromwell. Giving an account of events, such as the coronation of King Charles II, and the restoration of the Monarchy, the Great Plague of London in 1665, (continued in the comments). #englishcivilwar #englishcivilwarsociety #cromwell #olivercromwell #hungdrawnandquartered #17thcentury #17thcenturyhistory #englishhistory #charlesii #britishhistory #westminister #londonhistory #richardcromwell #samuelpepys #greatplague #greatplagueoflondon #bubonicplague #plaguedoctor #plagueart #greatfireoflondon #greatfireoflondon1666 #gothictales #17thcenturystyle #historicalstories #macabre #macabreartist #macabreillustration #historytales #historicaltales #darkhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/CPbEoIFn_AI/?utm_medium=tumblr