First called in 1640, it sat until Pride's Purge in 1648. It was then recalled in 1660.
Long Parliament
Fact of the Day
King Edward II faced invasion in 1326, when an army from France landed in Suffolk. The army was commanded by his wife.
Quote of the Day
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions.
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~ Terry Pratchett
On This Day
1184 BCE The traditional date for the fall of Troy, when the besieged city was eventually broken by the Greeks.
1558 Sixteen-year-old Mary Queen of Scots married the fourteen-year-ols Dauphin of France, Francis. The marriage didn't last long: Francis died just two years later from an ear condition, although the cause of it has never been confirmed.
1731 Daniel Defoe, writer, spy and merchant died, probably while in hiding from his creditors (it is said he owed £17,000 after a souring of business relationships with France).
1915 The Armenian Genocide started, when the Ottoman government arrested and deported around 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders. By its cessation in 1923, about 1.5 million Armenians are thought to have died.
1916 At midday, the Easter Rising started. It was the attempt by a group of Irish republicans to establish a free Irish state.