1649 establishments in England

historic republic on the British Isles (1649–1660)

The Diggers were a group of religious and political dissidents in England, associated with a political ideology and programme resembling what would later be called agrarian socialism. Gerrard Winstanley and William Everard, amongst many others, were known as True Levellers in 1649, in reference to their split from the Levellers, and later became known as Diggers because of their attempts to farm on common land. Due to this and to their beliefs, the Diggers were driven from one county after another by the authorities.

period between the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649 and the start of the Restoration

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period in the history of England, Ireland, and Scotland