Timeline (By Grace of God Protector of the Commonwealth)

1640's

 * English Civil War begins (1642)
 * English Civil War ends (1649)
 * Charles I beheaded (1649)
 * Commonwealth of England created under the Council of State (1649)

1650's

 * Mary, Princess Royal dies with her husband William II, Prince of Orange. The child she bore died with her (OTL William III.)
 * Lord Wilmot, Lord Derby and Charles, Prince of Wales caught and executed (1651)
 * Instrument of Government written up (1653)
 * Anglo-Spanish War begins (1654)
 * James, Prince of Wales dies of a wound from the Anglo-Spanish War (1658)