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Article: Commemorating Charles I - king and martyr?
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- February 1, 1995
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Days of fast or thanksgiving were not uncommonly celebrated in the late seventeenth century. To take a number of random examples: Charles II appointed November 13th, 1678, as a fast day 'to implore the mercies of God' after the Popish Plot revelations. James II, his brother and successor, chose July 26th, 1685 as a thanksgiving day for his victory over the Duke of Monmouth. In the following reign, other days were set aside for thanksgiving or deliverance. January 31st, 1689 -- immediately after the Revolution, but before the coronation of William and Mary -- was assigned a thanksgiving day for the Prince of Orange's deliverance of the kingdom 'from Popery and arbitary ...