1979 Death John Cromwell, actor and director (Of Human Bondage), dies at 91 1973 Event David Storey's "Cromwell," premieres in London 1970 Birthday Amanda Cromwell, born in Washington D.C., soccer midfielder 1996 Olympics 1968 Birthday Michael Long, Cromwell New Zealand, Australasia golfer 1960 Death Richard Cromwell, actor (Jezebel, Riot Squad), dies of cancer at 50 1942 Birthday James Cromwell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stretch-All in the Family, Babe 1930 Birthday Dorothy Tutin, born in London, actress, Importance of Being Ernest, Cromwell 1910 Birthday Richard Cromwell, LeRoy Melvin Radabaugh, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Jezebel 1902 Death Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 1887 Birthday John Cromwell, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor and director, Spitfire, Of Human Bondage 1753 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Burlington, New Jersey, black who served with Washington 1712 Death Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 1659 Event Richard Cromwell resigns as English Lord Protector 1659 Event Lord protector Cromwell disbands English parliament 1658 Event Richard Cromwell succeeds his father as English Lord Protector 1658 Death Oliver Cromwell, British general (1653-58)/Lord Protector, dies at 59 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell constrains English army leader John Lambert 1657 Event English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1657 Event English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal 1655 Event English Lord Protector Cromwell bans Anglicans 1655 Event Lord Protector Cromwell divides England into 11 districts 1653 Event Oliver Cromwell sworn in as English Lord Protector 1653 Event Cromwell routes English parliament to house 1651 Event Battle at Worcester-Oliver Cromwell destroys English royalists 1649 Event Oliver Cromwell seizes Drogheda Ireland, most inhabitants massacred 1645 Event Battle at Langport Somerset: Cromwell's New Model-army beats Royalists 1645 Event Battle at Naseby Leicester: New Model army under Oliver Cromwell and Thomas Fairfax beats royalists 1643 Event Cromwell defeats Royalist at Battle of Gainsborough 1626 Birthday Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England, 1658-59 1599 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England, 1653-58 1540 Death Thomas Cromwell, King Henry VIII's chief minister, executed 1540 Event English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic 1540 Event Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister
