The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_England" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Commons of England">House of Commons of England</a> passes an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_reform_of_the_House_of_Lords#Abolition_of_the_House_of_Lords,_1649" id="mwNg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="History of reform of the House of Lords">act</a> abolishing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a>, declaring it <i id="mwOA">"useless and dangerous to the people of England"</i>.