Jean Demierre

Jean Demierre

Male Abt 1585 - 1639  (54 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
1509 
  • 1509—1547: King Henry VIII
    {\n}King Henry VIII ( 1509 - 1547 ) {\n}{\n}1509 - Henry accedes to the throne on the death of his father, Henry VII.{\n}1509 - Henry marries Catherine of Aragon, daughter of the Spanish King and Queen, and widow of his elder brother, Arthur{\n}1513 - The
  • 4 1509—28 Jan 1547: Henry VIII
    House of Tudor: Only surviving son of Henry VII by Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV
1525 
  • 1525—1525: New Testament translated into English by William Tyndale
1527 
  • 1527—1527: Bishop Vesey's Grammar School founded in Sutton Coldfield
1528 
  • 1528—1528: St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle completed
1529 
  • 1529—1529: Diet of Speyer: origin of the word Protestant
1531 
  • 11 Feb 1531—11 Feb 1531: Henry VIII recognised as Supreme Head of the Church of England
1532 
  • 1532—1532: Foundation of the Court of Session in Scotland
  • 1532—1532: Foundation of the Court of Session in Scotland
1533 
  • 25 Jan 1533—25 Jan 1533: Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn secretly, wife #2 (she was crowned as Queen on 1st June)
  • 30 Mar 1533—30 Mar 1533: Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
  • 23 May 1533—23 May 1533: Henry VIII's marriage with Catherine of Aragon officially declared annulled
  • 11 Jul 1533—11 Jul 1533: Henry VIII excommunicated by Pope Clement VII
  • 17 Sep 1533—17 Sep 1533: Anne Boleyn gives birth to a daughter Elizabeth, to become Queen Elizabeth I
10 1534 
  • 1534—1534: Reformation of the Catholic Church in England church (Henry VIII)
  • 1534—1534: Reformation of the Catholic Church in England Church (Henry VIII)
  • 1534—1534: Jacques Cartier explores Gulf of St. Lawrence
    Cartier claims land for France
11 1535 
  • 1535—1535: Sir Thomas More executed
12 1536 
  • 1536—1536: Wales and England legally united by the Laws in Wales Act of 1535
  • 1536—1536: Dissolution of monasteries starts in England (to 1540)
  • 1536—1536: Dissolution of monastries starts in England
  • 19 May 1536—19 May 1536: Anne Boleyn executed
  • 30 May 1536—30 May 1536: Henry VIII marries Jane Seymour, wife #3 (she was crowned as Queen on 29th October)
  • 18 Jul 1536—18 Jul 1536: The authority of the Pope is declared void in England
13 1537 
  • 24 Oct 1537—24 Oct 1537: Jane Seymour dies from complications in giving birth to a son, the future Edward VI
14 1538 
  • 1538—1538: Henry VIII issues English Bible
  • 1538—1538: English and Welsh parish registers start
  • 1538—1538: English and Welsh parish registers start
  • 17 Dec 1538—17 Dec 1538: Henry VIII excommunicated by Pope Paul III
15 1540 
  • 1540—1540: Statute of Wills allows freehold land to be bequeathed
  • 1540—1540: Statute of Wills allows freehold land to be bequeathed
    9th February - First recorded horse racing event in Britain at Chester
  • 6 Jan 1540—6 Jan 1540: Henry VIII marries Anne of Cleves, the 'Flanders Mare', wife #4
  • 9 Feb 1540—9 Feb 1540: First recorded horse racing event in Britain, at Chester
  • 9 Jul 1540—9 Jul 1540: Henry VIII divorces Anne of Cleves
  • 28 Jul 1540—28 Jul 1540: Thomas Cromwell executed; Henry VIII marries Catherine Howard the same day, wife #5
16 1541 
  • 1541—1541: Henry VIII proclaimed king (rather than feudal lord) of Ireland
  • 1541—1541: Henry VIII proclaimed King (rather than feudal lord) of Ireland
  • 1541—1541: First French settlement
    Charlesbourg-Royal settlement esatablished by Cartier
17 1542 
  • 1542—1542: Ther Rout of Solway Moss and the death of King James V of Scots
  • 13 Feb 1542—13 Feb 1542: Catherine Howard executed
  • 14 Dec 1542—14 Dec 1542: Death of King James V of Scots; his baby daughter Mary ?Queen of Scots' succeeds him just 6 days old
18 1543 
  • 12 Jul 1543—12 Jul 1543: Henry VIII marries Catherine Parr, wife #6, who survives him
  • 9 Sep 1543—9 Sep 1543: Mary Stuart, at nine months old, is officially crowned Queen of Scots' in Stirling (spelling of the royal house changes from Stewart to Stuart)
19 1544 
  • 1544—1544: Henry's VIII's Rough Wooing' of the Scottish Borders
  • 1544—1544: Mary of Guise, Regent of Scotland
  • 1544—1545: Mary of Guise Regent of Scotland
    Henrys VIII "Rough Wooing" of the Scottish Borders
20 1545 
  • 20 Jul 1545—20 Jul 1545: Mary Rose, flagship of Henry VIII, sinks in the Solent - raised in 1982
21 1546 
  • 1546—1546: Trinity College, Cambridge founded by Henry VIII
22 1547 
  • 1547—1547: Ivan the Terrible takes title 'Tsar of all the Russias'
  • 1547—1547: Vagrants Act passed (able-bodied tramps can be detained as slaves)
  • 1547—1547: English replaced Latin in church services in England and Wales
  • 1547—1553: King Edward VI
    King Edward VI ( 1547 - 1553 ) {\n}{\n}1547 - Edward VI accedes to the throne at the age of nine after the death of his father, Henry VIII.{\n}1547 - Edward Seymour, Earl of Hertford, uncle of Edward VI, is invested as Duke of Somerset and Protector of En
  • 1547—1547: English replaced Latin in chruch services in England and Wales
    Battle of Pinkie{\n}The injuction to keep parish register reiterated{\n}Death of Henry VIII (Edward VI to 1553)
  • 28 Jan 1547—28 Jan 1547: Death of Henry VIII (succeeded by Edward VI, aged 9, to 1553)
  • 20 Feb 1547—20 Feb 1547: Coronation of Edward VI in Westminster Abbey
  • 10 Sep 1547—10 Sep 1547: Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, said to be the first 'modern' battle to be fought in the British Isles
  • 1 1547—6 Jul 1553: Edward VI
    House of Tudor: Son of Henry VIII, by Jane Seymour, his 3rd queen. Ruled under regents. Was forced to name Lady Jane Grey his successor. Council of State proclaimed her queen July 10, 1553. Mary Tudor won Council, was proclaimed queen July 19, 1553.
23 1548 
  • 1548—1548: Priests in England allowed to marry (about a third then did so) - but see 1554
24 1549 
  • 1549—1549: English Parliament declares enclosures legal
  • 1549—1549: First Act of Uniformity in England made Catholic Mass illegal
  • 1549—1549: Wedding ring finger changed from right to left hand
  • 1549—1549: 9th June First Book of Prayer sanctioned by English Parliament
    Wedding ring finger changed from right to left{\n}First Act of Uniformity in Engalnd made Catholic Mass illegal{\n}English Parliament declares enclosures legal
  • 9 Jun 1549—9 Jun 1549: First Book of Common Prayer sanctioned by English Parliament
25 1550 
  • 1550—1550: Walloon Protestants arrive as refugees from the Low Countries
  • 1550—1550: Walloon Protestants arrive as refuges from the Low Countries
26 1551 
  • 1551—1551: Scotland: General Provincial Council orders each parish to keep a register of baptisms and banns of marriage
  • 1551—1551: Scotland: General Provincial Council orders
    each parish to keep a register of Baptisms and banns of marriage
27 1552 
  • 1552—1552: Parishes are ordered to keep a register of baptisms and banns of marriage.
  • Mar 1552—Mar 1552: An 'Act of Uniformity' imposes the Protestant prayerbook of 1552 in England
28 1553 
  • 1553—1558: Queen Mary I
    Queen Mary I ( 1553 - 1558 ) {\n}{\n}1553 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen by the Protector, the Duke of Northumberland. After nine days, Mary arrives in London, Lady Jane Grey is arrested, and Mary is crowned Queen.{\n}1554 - After Mary declares her
  • 7 Jun 1553—19 Jul 1553: Jane
    House of Tudor: Jane claimed throne on death of Edward VI, removed by Mary I
  • 6 Jul 1553—6 Jul 1553: Edward VI dies; Lady Jane Grey queen for a few days only
  • 19 Jul 1553—19 Jul 1553: Mary Tudor ('Bloody Mary') comes to the throne
  • 7 1553—17 Nov 1558: Mary I
    House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Catherine of Aragon
29 1554 
  • 1554—1554: Brief Catholic restoration under Queen Mary Tudor - married priests forced to separate at least 30 miles from their wives
  • 1554—1558: Brief Catholic restoration under Queen Mary Tudor
  • 12 Feb 1554—12 Feb 1554: Lady Jane Grey beheaded
30 1555 
  • 1555—1555: Michel Nostradamus publishes his prophecies
31 1556 
  • 21 Mar 1556—21 Mar 1556: Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cranmer burned at the stake in Oxford
32 1557 
  • 1557—1557: The First Covenant signed in Scotland
    (Foundation of the Presbyterian Church)
33 1558 
  • 1558—1558: System of Counties adopted
  • 1558—1558: Scottish parish registers start
  • 1558—1603: Reign of Elizabeth I - Policy of Plantation begins
    System of Counties adopted
  • 1558—1558: Scottish parish registers start
    Chancery Proceedings Indexes begin
  • 1558—1603: Queen Elizabeth I
    Elizabeth I ( 1558 - 1603 ) {\n}{\n}1558 - Elizabeth accedes to the throne on the death of her half-sister, Mary.{\n}1559 - Elizabeth is crowned Queen of England at Westminster Abbey in January.{\n}1559 - Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity restore the Prote
  • 7 Jan 1558—7 Jan 1558: French take Calais, last English possession in France
  • 24 Apr 1558—24 Apr 1558: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Fran?ois the Dauphin of France in Paris
  • 17 Nov 1558—17 Nov 1558: Queen Mary Tudor of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth - Protestantism restored in England
  • 11 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I
    House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn
34 1559 
  • 1559—1559: Tobacco introduced to Europe
  • 1559—1559: John Knox returns from Continent - strengthens case for Presbyterianism in Scotland
  • 1559—1559: John Knox returns from Continent
    Strenghtens case for Presbyterianism in Scotland
  • 15 Jan 1559—15 Jan 1559: Elizabeth crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle
  • 29 Apr 1559—29 Apr 1559: Acts of Supremacy passed in Parliament, ending papal jurisdiction over England & Wales; established Church of England
35 1560 
  • 1560—1560: Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland - commissary courts thrown into confusion - some records lost
  • 1560—1560: Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland
    commissary courts thrown into confusion - some records lost
  • 1560—1560: Protestantism is established. Pope's authority is abolished. Celebrating mass becomes illegal.
  • 27 Feb 1560—27 Feb 1560: Treaty of Berwick between Duc du Chatelherault (as governor of Scotland) and the English, agreeing to act jointly to expel the French from Scotland
36 1561 
  • 1561—1561: Spire of St Paul's, highest in England, destroyed by fire
  • 1561—1561: The first coins produced by machinery (known as a 'mill') rather than by hand, but it was a slow process and did not replace hand struck coinage until new machinery was introduced in 1663
37 1562 
  • 1562—1562: Earliest English slave-trading expedition, under John Hawkins - between Guinea and the West Indies
  • 1562—1562: African slave trade starts
38 1563 
  • 1563—1563: Papal recusants heavily fined for non-attendance at Church
    The Test Act excludes Roman Catholics from government offices
  • 28 Jul 1563—28 Jul 1563: The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege
39 1564 
  • 26 Apr 1564—26 Apr 1564: Shakespeare baptised - he is said to have been born on Apr 23, St George's Day; he certainly died on Apr 23, 1616
40 1565 
  • 1565—1565: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Darley
  • 29 Jul 1565—29 Jul 1565: Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, her first cousin
41 1566 
  • 1566—1566: Murder of Riccio in Holyrood House
  • 9 Mar 1566—9 Mar 1566: Murder of David Riccio (or Rizzio) in Holyrood House
42 1567 
  • 1567—1567: Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
    Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots and Bothwell{\n}Earliest date in the French Protestant and Walloon registers
  • 10 Feb 1567—10 Feb 1567: Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
  • 15 May 1567—15 May 1567: Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
  • 24 Jul 1567—24 Jul 1567: Mary Queen of Scots deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI
43 1568 
  • 1568—1568: Battle of Langside
    Mary's flight into England and her imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I
  • 1568—1568: Bottled beer invented in London
  • 13 May 1568—13 May 1568: Battle of Langside - Mary's flight to England and her imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I
44 1569 
  • 1569—1569: Elizabeth I approved Sunday sports
  • 1569—1569: Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection
45 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
46 1571 
  • 1571—1571: Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
  • 1571—1571: Repeal of Act prohibiting lending of money on interest - gradual change from 'subsistence economy' to 'cash economy' resulted
  • 1571—1571: Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
  • 1571—1571: Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
    Opening of the Royal Exchange, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham
  • 1571—1572: Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
  • 23 Jan 1571—23 Jan 1571: Opening of the Royal Exchange in London, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham - this building destroyed in Great Fire of London 1666
47 1574 
  • 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
    continued to 1738
48 1577 
  • 1577—1577: James Burbage opens first theatre in London
49 1578 
  • 1578—1578: Earliest Quaker registers begin
50 1579 
  • 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
  • 1579—1579: Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
51 1580 
  • 1580—1580: Congregational movement founded by Robert Browne about this time
  • 1580—1580: Colonisation of Ireland
  • 1580—1580: Colonisation of Ireland
    Congregational movement founded by Robert Browne about this time
  • 6 Apr 1580—6 Apr 1580: Dover Straits earthquake, largest in the recorded history of England, mentioned by Shakespeare - dozens of ships sunk and a tsunami hit Calais
52 1581 
  • 1581—1581: English Levant Company founded
  • 16 Jan 1581—16 Jan 1581: English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism
  • 4 Apr 1581—4 Apr 1581: Francis Drake knighted by Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind after circumnavigating the world
53 1582 
  • 1582—1582: Gregorian calendar introduced in some couontires:
    Spain and Portugal, France, Low Countries, part of Italy, Denmark
54 1583 
  • 1583—1583: University of Edinburgh founded
  • 1583—1583: Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
  • 1583—1583: Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
    University of Edinburgh founded
  • Aug 1583—Aug 1583: Sir Humphrey Gilbert attempts to establish English authority at St John's, Newfoundland
55 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'
56 1585 
  • 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
  • 1585—1585: Foundation of Oxford University Press
    Shakespeare started seriously to write about this time
57 1587 
  • 1587—1587: Introduction of potatoes to England
  • 1587—1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, by English at Fotheringay Castle near Peterborough
    11th August; Raleigh's second expedition to New World lands in North Carolina - first child born in the New World of English parents, Virginia Dare (August 18th){\n}Introduction of potatoes to England
  • 8 Feb 1587—8 Feb 1587: Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay Castle, near Peterborough
  • 19 Apr 1587—19 Apr 1587: Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour
  • 11 Aug 1587—11 Aug 1587: Raleigh's second expedition to New World lands in North Carolina - first child born in the New World of English parents was Virginia Dare (Aug 18)
58 1588 
  • 1588—1588: Invention of shorthand by Dr Timothy Bright
  • 1588—1588: 29th July Defeat of the Spanish Armada
    (had set sail from Lisbon 20th May){\n}Invention of shorthand by Dr. Timothy Bright
  • 19 Jul 1588—19 Jul 1588: Spanish Armada sighted off the Lizard (had set sail from Lisbon in late May)
  • 29 Jul 1588—29 Jul 1588: Defeat of Spanish Armada off Gravelines
59 1589 
  • 1589—1589: Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine
60 1590 
  • 1590—1590: Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope
61 1591 
  • 1591—1591: Trinity College, Dublin, founded
62 1592 
  • 1592—1592: A Congregational (or Independent) Church formed in London
  • 1592—1592: Scotland: Presbyterian Church formally established - all ministers equal - no bishops - secular commissaries appointed by the Crown
  • 1592—1592: A congregational (or Independant) Church formed in London.
    Scotland: Presbyterian Church formally established - all minsters equal - no bishops - secular commissaries appointed by the Crown
  • 1592—1592: The Presbyterian Church is formally established.
63 1593 
  • 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
  • 1593—1593: British statute mile established by law
  • 1593—1593: Galileo invents a water thermometer
64 1594 
  • 1594—1594: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, leads Irish rebellion against English rule (-1603)
65 1597 
  • 1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection allowed
  • 1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor -
    Poor Rate collection allowed
66 1598 
  • 1598—1598: Bishop's transcripts of English and Welsh parish registers start - parish records were to be kept in 'great decent books of parchment' and copies or 'Bishop's Transcripts' of new entries were to be sent each month to the diocesan centre
  • 1598—1598: Bishops transcript of English and Welsh parish registers start [some say 1597]
    Edict of Nantes gives Huguentots toleration if France
67 1600 
  • 1600—1600: Memoirs of Officers of the Royal Navy begin
  • 1600—1600: The calendar changes from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar.
  • 1 Jan 1600—1 Jan 1600: Scotland adopts New Year beginning 1st January (previously 25th March)
  • 31 Dec 1600—31 Dec 1600: British East India Company founded
68 1601 
  • 1601—1601: Great English Poor Law Act passed
  • 1601—1601: First use of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster
  • 1601—1601: Great English Poor Law passed
    First us of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster{\n}Easst India Company formed
69 1602 
  • 20 Mar 1602—20 Mar 1602: Dutch East India Company founded
  • 8 Nov 1602—8 Nov 1602: Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public
70 1603 
  • 1603—1625: King James I
    King James I ( 1603 - 1625 ) {\n}{\n}1603 - James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the death of Elizabeth I.{\n}1603 - The Millenary Petition is presented to James I. It expresses Puritan desires for reforms to t
  • 1603—1603: 24th March - Death of Queen Elizabeth I
    union of Scottish and English crowns under King James VI of Scots and I of England (d. 1625)
  • 1603—1603: The crowns of England and Scotland unite.
  • 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
  • 3 1603—27 Mar 1625: James I
    House of Stuart: Son of Mary, Queen of Scots, granddaughter of James IV and Margaret. First to call himself King of Great Britain. This became official with the Act of Union, 1707.
71 1604 
  • 1604—1632: EXPLORATION PERIOD
  • 1604—1604: First Acadian settlement on Saint-Croix Island
  • 1604—1604: Settlement of New France
    First Acadian settlement on Saint Croix Island
  • 1 Nov 1604—1 Nov 1604: Shakespeare: Othello' first presented
72 1605 
  • 1605—1605: First Acadian settlement in Port-Royal
  • 1605—1605: Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes)
  • 1605—1605: Settlement of New France
    First successful New France colony at Port Royal
  • 5 Nov 1605—5 Nov 1605: Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)
73 1606 
  • 1606—1606: The London Company chartered to colonise Virginia: the Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery leave England on 19th De c taking 144 days to reach America
  • 1606—1606: Episcopacy established in Scotland (against wishes of the Scots)
  • 1606—1606: 12th April Adoption of Union Jack as the flag of "Great Britain"
    The London Company chartered to colonise Virginia{\n}Episcopacy established in Scotland (against the wishes of the Scots
  • 31 Jan 1606—31 Jan 1606: Guy Fawkes and co-conspirators executed
  • 12 Mar 1606—12 Mar 1606: Adoption of Union Flag as the flag of Great Britain' (the term Union Jack is used officially only when the Union Flag is flown from the Jack Mast of a Royal Naval vessel)
74 1607 
  • 1607—1607: Jamestown is established
  • 1607—1607: Flight of the Earls - leading Ulster families go into exile
  • 14 May 1607—14 May 1607: Jamestown, Virginia settled - to become the first permanent British colony in North America
75 1608 
  • 1608—1608: First use of telescope by Galileo - he observed the moons of Jupiter two years later in Jan 1610
  • 1608—1608: Québec founded
    Québec founded by Samuel de Champlain
  • 1608—1608: Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope
76 1610 
  • 1610—1610: James VI & I established the Episcopal Church in Scotland - Prebyterians persecuted and many of their records lost
  • 1610—1610: James VI established the Episcopal Church in Scotland -
    Presbyterians persecuted and many of their records lost
  • 1610—1610: Henry Hudson explorations
    Henry Hudson explores Hudson and James' Bays
77 1611 
  • 1611—1611: Authorised (King James) Version of Bible in Britain
  • 1611—1611: Plantation of Ulster with English and Scottish colonists
    Authorised (King James) version of Bible in England{\n}James VI and I created the title Baronet
  • 22 May 1611—22 May 1611: James VI & I created the title of baronet
78 1613 
  • 1613—1613: A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
  • 29 Jun 1613—29 Jun 1613: The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry the Eighth (finally pulled down in 1644)
79 1616 
  • 1616—1616: Death of Shakespeare (23rd April)
  • 23 Apr 1616—23 Apr 1616: Tuesday Apr 23 (Julian calendar): Death of Shakespeare
80 1617 
  • 1617—1617: Register of Sasines (Land Leases) established in Scotland -
    record of the transfer of land and property
81 1618 
  • 1618—1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I
82 1619 
  • 4 Dec 1619—4 Dec 1619: (Nov 24 old style): Colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas)
83 1620 
  • 1620—1620: Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth Rock
  • 1620—1620: Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
  • 1620—1620: The Mayflower reaches America
    - December 21st - founds Plymouth New England.{\n}Manufacture of coke patented by Dud Dudley
  • 1620—1620: The earliest human-powered submarine invented
  • 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)
84 1621 
  • 1621—1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
  • 1621—1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and be four and half feet above roof
    Shakespear's First Polio published
85 1622 
  • 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
  • 1622—1622: First Englaish Newspaper appears
86 1624 
  • 1624—1624: Monopoly Act in England: patents protected
  • 1624—1624: Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
  • 1624—1624: Monopoly Act in England - patents protected
  • 1624—1624: William Oughtred invents a slide ruler
87 1625 
  • 1625—1625: The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
  • 1625—1649: King Charles I
    King Charles I ( 1625 - 1649 ) {\n}{\n}1625 - Charles I succeeds his father, James I.{\n}1626 - Parliament attempts to impeach the Duke of Buckingham and is dissolved by Charles.{\n}1627 - England goes to war with France, but at La Rochelle the Duke of Bu
  • 1625—1625: The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
    Death of King James VI and I
  • 1625—1649: Carolean Age
  • 1625—1625: Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion
  • 27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
  • 3 1625—30 Jan 1649: Charles I
    House of Stuart: Only surviving son of James I; beheaded Jan 30, 1649
88 1627 
  • 1627—1627: The Company of One Hundred Associates formed to colonize New France
89 1628 
  • 1 Mar 1628—1 Mar 1628: Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date
90 1629 
  • 1629—1629: Parliament desolved by King Charles I -
    did not meet for another 11 years
  • 1629—1629: Québec captured by Britain
  • 1629—1629: Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine
  • 10 Mar 1629—10 Mar 1629: Parliament dissolved by King Charles I - did not meet for another 11 yea
91 1630 
  • 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
  • 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
  • 1630—1640: European diseases/epidemics kill indians
92 1632 
  • 1632—1632: Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye
  • 1632—1632: Québec returned to France by the 'Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye'
  • 1632—1633: Samuel de Champlain named the first Governor of New France
  • 7 1632—Jul 1632: Isaac de Razilly sails from LaRochelle
    Isaac de Razilly departs from LaRochelle with Charles de Menou and 300 settlers.
  • 9 Aug 1632—8 Sep 1632: Isaac de Razilly arrives at Le Heve
93 1633 
  • Jun 1633—Jun 1633: Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
94 1635 
  • 1635—1635: Letter Office of England & Scotland started
  • 1635—1635: Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
  • 1635—1635: Letter Office of England and Scotland started
    Flintlock invented this time
95 1636 
  • 1636—1755: PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
  • 1636—1636: Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
  • 1636—1636: Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
  • 1636—1636: W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer
  • 4 Jan 1636—1 Apr 1636: Arrival of the St. Jehan in Port-Royal
    The St. Jehan arrives in Port-Royal with French settlers, including both men and women.
96 1637 
  • 1637—1637: Scottish Prayer Book published
  • 1637—1638: Pequot War
97 1638 
  • 1638—1638: King Charles regarded protests against the prayerbook as treason - forced Scots to choose between their church and the King - a ?Covenant' swearing to resist these changes to the Death was signed in Greyfriars Church Edinburgh and was accepted by hun
  • 1638—1638: Charles regarded protests against the prayer book as treason
    forced scots fgo choose between their church and the King - a "Covenant", swearing to resist changes to the death, was signed in Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh and was accepted by hundreds of thousandsof Scots (revival of Presbyterian Church)
98 1639 
  • 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
  • 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious tolerance