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Date |
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| 1 | 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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| 2 | 1625 | - 27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
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| 3 | 1639 | - 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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| 4 | 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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| 5 | 1644 | - 29 Jun 1644—29 Jun 1644: Battle of Cropredy Bridge - Royalists beat the Parliamentarian forces
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| 6 | 1646 | - 5 May 1646—5 May 1646: Charles I surrenders to the Scottish Army at Newark
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| 7 | 1648 | - 1648—1648: Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
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| 8 | 1649 | - 1649—1649: King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
- 1649—1649: Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
- 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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| 9 | 1651 | - 1651—1651: The second English Civil War 1651-1652
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| 10 | 1653 | - 1653—1653: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
- 1653—1653: Commonwealth registers start
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| 11 | 1660 | - 1660—1660: Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
- 1660—1660: Provincial Probate Courts re-established
- 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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| 12 | 1661 | - 1661—1661: Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
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| 13 | 1662 | - 1662—1662: 'Hearth Tax' introduced - until 1689 (1690 in Scotland)
- 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)
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| 14 | 1665 | - 1665—1665: Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
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| 15 | 1666 | - 2 Sep 1666—2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
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| 16 | 1673 | - 1673—1673: First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
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| 17 | 1675 | - 1675—1675: Rebuilding of St Paul's started by Wren
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| 18 | 1681 | - 1681—1681: Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
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| 19 | 1682 | - 1682—1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
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| 20 | 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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| 21 | 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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| 22 | 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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| 23 | 1690 | - 20 May 1690—20 May 1690: England passes Act of Grace, forgiving Roman Catholic followers of James II
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| 24 | 1692 | - 1692—1692: Land Tax introduced - an annual tax on personal estate, public offices and land.
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| 25 | 1694 | - 1694—1694: Mary II death leaves William III as sole ruler
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| 26 | 1695 | - 1695—1695: Freedom of Press in England granted
- 1695—1695: Start of Dissenters' lists in parish registers, children born but not christened in the parish church, some were named 'Papist' and others 'Protestants'
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| 27 | 1698 | - 1698—1698: Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
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| 28 | 1701 | - 1701—1701: Act of Settlement bars Catholics from the British throne
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| 29 | 1702 | - 11 Mar 1702—11 Mar 1702: First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735)
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| 30 | 1707 | - 16 Jan 1707—16 Jan 1707: Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English
Parliament
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| 31 | 1710 | - 1710—1710: Tax on Apprentice Indentures introduced
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| 32 | 1711 | - 11 Aug 1711—11 Aug 1711: First race meeting at Ascot
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| 33 | 1712 | - 1712—1712: Toleration Act passed - first relief to non-Anglicans
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| 34 | 1714 | - 1714—1714: Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman Catholicism
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| 35 | 1715 | - 1 Aug 1715—1 Aug 1715: Riot Act passed
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| 36 | 1723 | - 1723—1723: The Workhouse Act or Test - to get relief, a poor person has to enter Workhouse
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