What are facts about oliver cromwell?

10 Quick and Interesting Facts on Oliver Cromwell

1. Oliver Cromwell was born on April 25, 1599, in Huntingdon, eastern England
2. Oliver Cromwell died on September 3 at the age of 59 in 1658 due to malaria.
3. Oliver Cromwell was extremely religious.
4. Oliver Cromwell overthrew King Charles I and then became just like him. Oliver Cromwell signed the death warrant of King Charles I.
5. Despite opposition from his council, Oliver Cromwell allowed Jews to settle in England, for the first time since 1290, almost 400 years before.
6. Oliver Cromwell had five sons and four daughters with a woman he married out of convenience.
7. Oliver Cromwell came to Ireland and commited a genocide against Irish Catholics
8. He exterminated the people of Drogheda and Wexford
9. He took land from Catholics and made them move west of the Shannon to the less fertile land of Connaught. "To Hell Or To Connaught" his famous saying
10. Oliver Cromwell was often cruel and tyrannical and is now one of the most hated figures in Irish history. When he was finished Catholics owned less than 10% of the land in Ireland where they made up over 80% of the population.