| 1 | 1383 | - 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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| 2 | 1558 | - 1558—1603: Reign of Elizabeth I - Policy of Plantation begins
System of Counties adopted
- 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
- 11 1558—24 Mar 1603: Elizabeth I
House of Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII, by Anne Boleyn
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| 3 | 1574 | - 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
continued to 1738
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| 4 | 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
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| 5 | 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
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| 6 | 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
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| 7 | 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
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| 8 | 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
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| 9 | 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.
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| 10 | 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
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| 11 | 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)
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| 12 | 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)
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| 13 | 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
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| 14 | 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
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| 15 | 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
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| 16 | 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
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| 17 | 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)
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Abt 1595 - Aft 1614 (> 20 years)