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Date |
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| 1 | 1587 | - 8 Feb 1587—8 Feb 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay Castle
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| 2 | 1592 | - 1592—1592: A Congregational (or Independent) Church formed in London
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| 3 | 1593 | - 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
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| 4 | 1597 | - 1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection
allowed
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| 5 | 1598 | - 1598—1598: Bishops' Transcripts of English & Welsh parish registers start. Parish records to be kept in 'books of parchment' & copies of new entries were to be sent to the diocese
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| 6 | 1601 | - 1601—1601: Great English Poor Law Act passed
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| 7 | 1603 | - 25 Jul 1603—25 Jul 1603: Coronation - James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
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| 8 | 1605 | - 5 Nov 1605—5 Nov 1605: Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)
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| 9 | 1606 | - 1606—1606: The London Company chartered to colonise Virginia: the Susan Constant, Godspeed,
and Discovery leave England 19th Dec taking 144 days to reach America
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| 10 | 1607 | - 14 May 1607—14 May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia settled - to become the first permanent British colony in
North America
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| 11 | 1613 | - 1613—1613: A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
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| 12 | 1620 | - 21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New England (had set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
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| 13 | 1625 | - 27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
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| 14 | 1639 | - 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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| 15 | 1642 | - 1642—1642: The Civil War interrupted the keeping of parish registers
- 13 Nov 1642—13 Nov 1642: Battle of Turnham Green. Royalist forces withdraw from the Parliamentarian army and London
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| 16 | 1644 | - 29 Jun 1644—29 Jun 1644: Battle of Cropredy Bridge - Royalists beat the Parliamentarian forces
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| 17 | 1646 | - 5 May 1646—5 May 1646: Charles I surrenders to the Scottish Army at Newark
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| 18 | 1648 | - 1648—1648: Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
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| 19 | 1649 | - 1649—1649: Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
- 1649—1649: King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
- 6 Jan 1649—6 Jan 1649: 'Rump' Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
- 30 Jan 1649—30 Jan 1649: King Charles I executed
- 19 May 1649—19 May 1649: Commonwealth declared
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| 20 | 1651 | - 1651—1651: The second English Civil War 1651-1652
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| 21 | 1653 | - 1653—1653: Commonwealth registers start
- 1653—1653: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
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| 22 | 1660 | - 1660—1660: Provincial Probate Courts re-established
- 1660—1660: Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
- 1660—1660: Honourable East India Company founded by British
- 29 May 1660—29 May 1660: Restoration of British monarchy (Charles II) - 'Oak Apple Day' - theatres
reopened
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| 23 | 1661 | - 1661—1661: Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
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| 24 | 1662 | - 1662—1662: Poor Relief Act or Act of Settlement' - gave JPs the power to return any wandering
poor to the parish of origin (repealed 1834)
- 1662—1662: 'Hearth Tax' introduced - until 1689 (1690 in Scotland)
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| 25 | 1665 | - 1665—1665: Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
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| 26 | 1666 | - 2 Sep 1666—2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
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| 27 | 1673 | - 1673—1673: First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
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| 28 | 1675 | - 1675—1675: Rebuilding of St Paul's started by Wren
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| 29 | 1681 | - 1681—1681: Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
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| 30 | 1682 | - 1682—1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
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| 31 | 1685 | - 1685—1685: James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) - Monmouth rebellion and battle of
Sedgemoor - British Army raised to 20,000 men
- 1685—1685: Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported
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| 32 | 1688 | - 1688—1688: Hearth Tax abolished
- Nov 1688—Nov 1688: The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates
- 5 Nov 1688—5 Nov 1688: William of Orange lands at Torbay
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| 33 | 1689 | - 13 Feb 1689—13 Feb 1689: William III and Mary II, daughter of James II, jointly take the throne (only William, however, has regal power)
- 24 May 1689—24 May 1689: Toleration Act passed for Protestant non-conformists
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