1942 Death Reinhard Heydrich, German protector (Bohemia/Moravia (Lidice)), dies 1942 Death Reinhard Heydrich, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia, assassinated 1880 Death [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60 1877 Birthday Wilhelm Frick, German protector of Bohemia and Moravia 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 English Lord Protector Cromwell refuses crown 1657 Event English Humble Petition offers Lord Protector Cromwell the crown 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 1626 Birthday Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England, 1658-59 1599 Birthday Oliver Cromwell, Puritan lord protector of England, 1653-58 1578 Event Duke French van Anjou recognized as protector of Netherlands 1549 Event Duke of Somerset fired as Lord Protector and imprisoned 1463 Birthday Frederick III, the Wise, elector of Saxony, 1486-25, protector Luther