Historical Events in 1646
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Charles I Flees Oxford
Apr 27 On the verge of defeat, King Charles I flees Oxford for a Scottish army camp close to Southwell near Newark-on-Trent
- Jul 30 English parliament sets King Charles I Newcastle Propositions
- Jul 31 Royalist supporters besieged at Goodrich Castle surrender to Parliamentarian forces, during English Civil War, after castle partly destroyed by 'Roaring Meg' an enormous mortar (canon) [1]
- Sep 5 First public library in the Americas established when Bishop Palafox y Mendoza donates his personal library of 5,000 volumes to Tridentine colleges in Puebla, Mexico [1]
- Oct 28 First Protestant church assembly for American Indians established in Massachusetts
- Nov 4 Massachusetts uses death penalty for denying that Holy Bible is God's word
- Nov 18 Seventh Council of Toledo of bishops convened by Visigothic King of Hispania Chindasuinth, extends treason laws to the clergy