Nominated Assembly convenes
4 July 1653
Nominated Assembly dissolved
12 December 1653
Cromwell becomes Lord Protector (under terms of Instrument of Government)
16 December 1653
Dissolution of First Protectorate Parliament
22 January 1655
Penruddock’s Rising
March 1655
Western Design Failure
April 1655
Major-Generals begin operation
August 1655
Second Protectorate Parliament summoned
September 1656
James Nayler Case
October 1656
Cromwell presented with Humble Petition and Advice
25 Feburary 1657
Cromwell formally rejects the kingship
8 May 1657
Cromwell accepts the remainder of the Humble Petition and Advice
25 May 1657
Policy of Major-Generals abandoned
28 January 1657