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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1570 | - 25 Feb 1570—25 Feb 1570: Pope Pius V issued the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis' to excommunicate
Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England
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| 2 | 1580 | - 1580—1580: Colonisation of Ireland
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| 3 | 1584 | - 4 Jun 1584—4 Jun 1584: Sir Walter Raleigh establishes first English colony in the New World, on
Roanoke Island, Virginia (now in North Carolina) - the so-called 'Lost Colony'
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| 4 | 1587 | - 1587—1587: Introduction of potatoes to England
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| 5 | 1588 | - 1588—1588: Invention of shorthand by Dr Timothy Bright
- 29 Jul 1588—29 Jul 1588: Defeat of Spanish Armada off Gravelines
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| 6 | 1600 | - 31 Dec 1600—31 Dec 1600: British East India Company founded
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| 7 | 1601 | - 1601—1601: First use of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster
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| 8 | 1602 | - 8 Nov 1602—8 Nov 1602: Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public
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| 9 | 1603 | - 24 Mar 1603—24 Mar 1603: Death of Elizabeth I: union of Scottish and English crowns - under King James
VI of Scots and I of England (d. 1625)
- 25 Jul 1603—25 Jul 1603: Coronation - James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
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| 10 | 1604 | - 1 Nov 1604—1 Nov 1604: Shakespeare: Othello' first presented
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| 11 | 1605 | - 5 Nov 1605—5 Nov 1605: Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)
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| 12 | 1608 | - 1608—1608: First use of telescope by Galileo - he observed the moons of Jupiter two years later in
Jan 1610
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| 13 | 1611 | - 1611—1611: Authorised (King James) Version of Bible in Britain
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| 14 | 1616 | - 23 Apr 1616—23 Apr 1616: Tuesday Apr 23 (Julian calendar): Death of Shakespeare
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| 15 | 1620 | - 21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: (Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New
England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
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| 16 | 1622 | - 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
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| 17 | 1635 | - 1635—1635: Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
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| 18 | 1640 | - 3 Nov 1640—3 Nov 1640: Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish
invasion
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| 19 | 1642 | - 22 Aug 1642—22 Aug 1642: Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham - First Civil War in England (to
1649)
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| 20 | 1644 | - 2 Jul 1644—2 Jul 1644: Battle of Marston Moor, near York - Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists
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| 21 | 1645 | - 14 Jun 1645—14 Jun 1645: Battle of Naseby: Parliament's New Model Army crushes the Royalist forces
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| 22 | 1648 | - 1648—1648: Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
- 1648—1648: First practical thermometers made
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| 23 | 1649 | - 30 Jan 1649—30 Jan 1649: King Charles I executed
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| 24 | 1650 | - 1650—1650: Coffee brought to England about this time
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| 25 | 1653 | - 16 Dec 1653—16 Dec 1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England,
Scotland and Ireland
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| 26 | 1658 | - 3 Sep 1658—3 Sep 1658: Death of Oliver Cromwell
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| 27 | 1660 | - 1660—1660: Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
- 28 Nov 1660—28 Nov 1660: Twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir
Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society
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| 28 | 1662 | - 1662—1662: Tea introduced to Britain
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| 29 | 1664 | - 27 Aug 1664—27 Aug 1664: Nieuw Amsterdam becomes New York as 300 English soldiers under Col.
Mathias Nicolls take the town from the Dutch under orders from Charles II. The town is
renamed after the King's brother James, Duke of York
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| 30 | 1665 | - 1665—1665: Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
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| 31 | 1666 | - 2 Sep 1666—2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
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| 32 | 1668 | - 1668—1668: Newton constructs reflecting telescope
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| 33 | 1679 | - 27 May 1679—27 May 1679: Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to
time)
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