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1648Feb, 1

Elkanah Settle

Elkanah Settle, English poet and playwright (d. 1724)
Elkanah Settle (1 February 1648 – 12 February 1724) was an English poet and playwright.

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Events on 1648

  • 17Jan

    Vote of No Addresses

    England's Long Parliament passes the "Vote of No Addresses", breaking off negotiations with King Charles I and thereby setting the scene for the second phase of the English Civil War.
  • 30Jan

    Peace of Münster

    Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
  • 1Jun

    Battle of Maidstone

    The Roundheads defeat the Cavaliers at the Battle of Maidstone in the Second English Civil War.
  • 6Dec

    Pride's Purge

    Colonel Thomas Pride of the New Model Army purges the Long Parliament of MPs sympathetic to King Charles I of England, in order for the King's trial to go ahead; came to be known as "Pride's Purge".