1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection
allowed
2
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
3
1601
1601—1601: Great English Poor Law Act passed
4
1603
25 Jul 1603—25 Jul 1603: Coronation - James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
5
1605
5 Nov 1605—5 Nov 1605: Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)
6
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
7
1607
14 May 1607—14 May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia settled - to become the first permanent British colony in
North America
8
1613
1613—1613: A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
9
1620
21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New England (had set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
10
1625
27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
1597 - 1631 (~ 33 years)
