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This year in history
In the year 1629

	March 10th	King Charles I of England dissolved Parliament. It was the start of what has been known as the, Eleven Years Tyranny, during which there was no parliament. After a civil war with the forces of Parliament, King Charles was defeated, arrested, tried & executed in 1649. The monarchy was abolished, and a republic was established, called the Commonwealth of England. The monarchy was restored in 1660 with the installation of Charle's son, Charles II, as king.
	April 14th	Dutch mathematician, astronomer and inventor, Christiaan Huygens, was born in The Hague. He helped develop calculus and is also famous for discovering the moon of Saturn, Titan.
	July 30th	An earthquake in Naples, Italy killed an estimated 10000 people.

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