On this day, 376 years ago, on January 30, 1649 (December 18, 1648, the lunar calendar), King Charles I of England was executed. Charles I Hunted Charles I (1600-1649), King of the Stuart Dynasty of England. He succeeded to the throne in 1625. He firmly believed in "the power of kings and gods" and acted arbitrarily. Because the parliament did not agree with him to levy taxes at will, it dissolved the parliament several times and even did not convene it for a long time. In addition, he oppressed the Puritans, cracked down on emerging industry and commerce, and squeezed the broad masses of the people, causing industrial and commercial depression and rising prices. A large number of workers are unemployed, various contradictions in British society have intensified, and the conditions for bourgeois revolution have become increasingly mature. In 1638, the people of Scotland revolted. In order to raise military expenses and suppress the uprising, Charles I was forced to convene a parliament in 1640, which had been closed for 11 years. In the new Parliament, the bourgeoisie and the new aristocracy formed an opposition, demanding limits on the power of the king, and civil war broke out. In 1642 the First Civil War began, and Charles I fled to Scotland after Cromwell defeated the Crown. In 1647, the Second Civil War began, and the Scottish army was crushed by the Parliamentary army. Charles I was captured. On January 30, 1649, Charles I was guillotined as tyrant and enemy of the people and executed in the square in front of Whitehall in London. Charles I was beheaded outside Whitehall