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Date |
Event(s) |
| 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: Commonwealth registers start
- 1653—1653: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
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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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1617 - 1671 (54 years)
