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His day of birth
born in Dunfermline Palace, Fife on 19 November 1600 -
Day of Babtisum
Charles was baptised on 2 December 1600 by the Bishop of Ross -
Charles's older brother died
Henry died of suspected typhoid (or possibly porphyria) at the age of 18 in 1612, two weeks before Charles' 12th birthday -
Charles left his home town
on 13 July 1604 Charles left Dunfermline for England -
Charles gets married
11 May 1625, Charles was married by proxy to Henrietta Maria in front of the doors of the Notre Dame de Paris, -
Charles was crowned
Charles was crowned on 2 February 1626 at Westminster Abbey -
Charles was forced to leave
10 January 1642, Charles was forced to leave the capital, where he began travelling north to raise an army against his Parliament -
English civil wat starts
26 October 1642 -
Charles was declared guilty
The King was declared guilty at a public session on Saturday 27 January 1649 and sentenced to death. Fifty-nine of the Commissioners signed Charles' death warrant. -
Charles was beheaded
Charles Stuart, as his death warrant states, was beheaded on Tuesday, 30 January 1649
