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Oliver cromwell (1April 25, 599-1September 3, 658) was born in Huntington, England, the first lord protector of the Republic of England (from May 65438 to September 3, 0658), a British politician, strategist and politician.

/kloc-in the British bourgeois revolution in the 7th century, he was the representative of the bourgeois new noble Group and the leader of personages without party affiliation. He forced the British monarch to abdicate, dissolved Parliament, turned Britain into a bourgeois republic, established the Republic of England, became lord protector and became the de facto head of state of Britain.

Oliver cromwell was born into a declining new noble family in Huntington County. When he was young, he studied in a famous Puritan college in Cambridge and was influenced by Puritan thought. 1642, the British civil war began. He stood on the side of the parliamentary revolution camp and made repeated achievements with his "iron cavalry". 1644, defeated the royalist army in the battle of meston wasteland. 1645, the British parliament authorized Cromwell to reorganize the army, and he formed a "new model army" based on fighter planes. He commanded the army and defeated the royalist army. 1649 65438+1On October 30th, under the pressure of the people, he executed King Charles I in the name of the parliament and the army. In May, Britain declared a republic and became a real military dictator. He suppressed the excavation movement and sent troops to Ireland. 1653, he dissolved the parliament, became the "lord protector" and established the lord protector system. However, the domestic economic situation has been deteriorating and class contradictions have become increasingly acute. Cromwell was never able to stabilize the situation.

1658, oliver cromwell died at the age of 59.