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Incidents in Venner's Rising and the execution of the rebel leaders, 1661 (1903). 'Thomas Venner (d1661) was a rebel who became the the last leader of the Fifth Monarchy Men, who tried unsuccessfully to overthrow Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658) in 1657. He subsequently led a coup in London against the newly restored government of Charles II (1630-1685) known as Venner's Rising, which lasted four days (1-4 January 1661) before the Royal authorities captured the rebels. The rebel leadership were executed on 19 January 1661. From London in the Time of the Stuarts, by Sir Walter Besant. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1903]