* 1653 – Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.

* 1599 – Oliver Cromwell, English military and politician ( d. 1658 )

However, due to a misunderstanding between Oliver Cromwell ( guest-star Warren Clarke ) and Baldrick, the king is arrested and sent to the Tower of London.

Under the rule of Oliver Cromwell and his son and successor Richard.

The government during 1653 to 1659 is properly called The Protectorate, and took the form of direct personal rule by Oliver Cromwell and, after his death, his son Richard, as Lord Protector.

In 1653, Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector under England's and later Britain's first written constitution Instrument of Government and then under the second and last written constitution known as the Humble Petition and Advice.

On the death of Oliver Cromwell in 1658, his son, Richard Cromwell, inherited the title Lord Protector, but internal divisions among the republican party lead to his resignation, the end of the Protectorate and a second period of Commonwealth government by a Council of State and Parliament.

In 1654, New England raiders attacked Acadian settlements on the Annapolis Basin, starting a period of uncertainty for Acadians throughout the English constitutional crises under Oliver Cromwell, and only being properly resolved under the Treaty of Breda in 1667 when France's claim to the region was reaffirmed.

In 1655, Oliver Cromwell dispatched a fleet, commanded by Admiral Sir William Penn, to conquer Santo Domingo.

* 1653 – English Interregnum: The Protectorate – Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.

The name Erasmus had been used by a number of his family and derives from his ancestor Erasmus Earle, Common Sergent of England under Oliver Cromwell.

Around 1649, there was great social unrest in England and many people turned to Oliver Cromwell as England's new leader.

These ranged from Royalists who wished to place King Charles II on the throne, to men like Oliver Cromwell, who wished to govern with a Parliament voted in by an electorate determined by property ownership, similar to that enfranchised before the civil war, to the Levellers, influenced by the writings of John Lilburne, who wanted parliamentary government based on an electorate constituted of every head of household ( normally though not necessarily male as was acknowledged in the Putney Debates ), through to other groups with smaller followings like the Fifth Monarchists, Gerrard Winstanley and the Diggers, the Ranters, and the Society of Friends ( Quakers ).

Following Charles ' death, Oliver Cromwell set up the Commonwealth as a more pure form of government to replace the existing monarchy.

Leading Fifth Monarchists also had an influence on Oliver Cromwell, as it was Thomas Harrison's idea to introduce the Nominated Assembly ( Barebones Parliament ) as a body of religious men.

The Commonwealth ( 1649 – 53 ) was founded on the execution of Charles I in 1649, and was followed by the two Protectorates of Oliver Cromwell ( 1653 – 58 ), and his son Richard Cromwell the first ( 1658 – 59 ).

After the forcible dissolution of the Rump Parliament by Oliver Cromwell, the Grandees of the Army Council of Officers were reluctant to authorise free elections because they were aware that the members returned by the traditional constituency would return Presbyterians and Royalists as well as their own sympathisers.

Major-General Thomas Harrison, who had commanded the troop which aided Oliver Cromwell in dissolving the Rump, suggested that there be a ruling body based upon the Old Testament Sanhedrin of 70 selected " Saints ", which was based on his beliefs, as a Fifth Monarchist, that the rule of the Saints would usher in the reign of Christ on Earth.

Though his movement attracted disdain from some, others such as William Penn and Oliver Cromwell viewed Fox with respect.

In March he was brought before the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell.

A head of state can be empowered to designate his successor, such as Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, who was succeeded by his son Richard.

The New Model Army, under the command of Oliver Cromwell, then scored decisive victories against Royalist armies in Ireland and Scotland.

The Duke of Hamilton led an invasion of England to free the King, but he was defeated by Oliver Cromwell in August 1648 at the Battle of Preston.

Mrs. Oliver is mother of five children and wife of a machinist.

The detective novelist Ariadne Oliver is Agatha Christie's humorous self-caricature.

The character of Jessica Fletcher is thought to be based on a combination of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie herself, and another Christie character, Ariadne Oliver, who often appears in the Hercule Poirot mysteries.

Oliver Brothers is believed to be the first and the oldest continuously operating art restoration company in the United States.

Penny Marshall's 1990 film Awakenings, which was nominated for several Oscars, is based on neurologist Oliver Sacks ' 1973 account of his psychiatric patients at Beth Abraham Hospital in the Bronx who were paralyzed by a form of encephalitis but briefly responded to the drug L-dopa.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. in his famous article, " The Path of the Law ", commented, " It is revolting to have no better reason for a rule of law than that so it was laid down in the time of Henry IV.

Geophysicist Jack Oliver is credited with providing seismologic evidence supporting plate tectonics which encompassed and superseded continental drift with “ Seismology and the New Global Tectonics ,” published in 1968, using data collected from seismologic stations, including those he set up in the South Pacific.

This unification, which was observed by Michael Faraday, extended by James Clerk Maxwell, and partially reformulated by Oliver Heaviside and Heinrich Hertz, is one of the key accomplishments of 19th century mathematical physics.

His friend, the neurologist and author Oliver Sacks, said: " A favorite word of Freeman's about doing science and being creative is the word subversive.

Oliver Taplin believes that the conclusion of modern researchers is that Homer dates to between 750 to 650 BC.

* 1661 – Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed two years after his death, on the anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.

* 1989 – Iran-Contra Affair: Oliver North is sentenced by U. S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $ 150, 000 in fines and 1, 200 hours community service.

Apem Apem is another such manufacturer for the global market incorporating such brands as CH Products, Oliver Control Systems and Apem own.

MacLachlan is best known for his roles in cult films Blue Velvet as Jeffrey Beaumont, Showgirls as Zack Carey, as Paul Atreides in Dune, and Ray Manzarek in the Oliver Stone film The Doors.

The Kennelly – Heaviside layer, named after Arthur Edwin Kennelly and Oliver Heaviside, also known as the E region or simply the Heaviside layer, is a layer of ionised gas occurring between roughly 90 – 150 km ( 56 – 93 mi ) above the ground — one of several layers in the Earth's ionosphere.

Occasionally, an image is deliberately windowboxed for stylistic effect ; for example, the documentary-style sequence of the film Rent suggest an older-format camera representing the 4: 3 aspect ratio, and the opening sequence of the Oliver Stone film JFK features pillar boxing to represent the 1960s era 4: 3 television footage.

One could bear a little with Oliver Cromwell, though, contrary to his oath of fidelity to Parliament, contrary to his duty to the public ,... But as for Richard Cromwell, his son, who is he?

There is still a piece of land called " Oliver Land " which is only accessible from Lamorna that he left after his death as a wildlife sanctuary.

Early in 1889, Oliver Heaviside had shown from Maxwell's equations that the electric field surrounding a spherical distribution of charge should cease to have spherical symmetry once the charge is in motion relative to the ether.

The first derivation of the Lorentz force is commonly attributed to Oliver Heaviside in 1889, although other historians suggest an earlier origin in an 1865 paper by James Clerk Maxwell.

* 1989 – Iran-Contra Affair: Former White House aide Oliver North is convicted of three crimes and acquitted of nine other charges.

One example is the outing of Oliver Sipple ( who saved the life of U. S. President Gerald Ford during an assassination attempt ) by gay activists, most prominently Harvey Milk.