Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson

Female 1603 - 1669  (66 years)


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Died ( Adam Hawkes)
Died (Anne Hutchinson)
Susannah Hawkes (1633 - 1696)
Married Adam Hawkes
Adam Hawkes (1605 - 1672)
Anne Hutchinson (1603 - 1669)
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Queen Anne Stuart dies - George I Hanover becomes king (1714-1727).
George I
Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman Catholicism
Schism Act, prevents Dissenters from being schoolmasters in England
Longitude Act: prize of ?20,000 offered to the inventor of a workable method of determining a ship's longitude (won by John Harrison in 1773 for his chronometer).
1st August - Queen Anne Stuart died - George I Hanover becomes king
King George I
Census of Acadia
By this year there are some 3,000 coffee houses in London
Treaty of Utrecht
Treaty of Utrecht concludes the Was of the Spanish Succession
Nova Scotia created
Treaty of Utrecht
British Fleet runs aground on Ile-aux-Oeufs PROBLEM: start is > earliestEnd, start is > end
Toleration Act passed - first relief to non-Anglicans
Last trial for witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham)
Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1853)
Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1835)
Thomas Newcomen patents the atmospheric steam engine
First race meeting at Ascot
Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London
Englishmen, John Shore invents the tuning fork
Tax on Apprentice Indentures introduced
Port-Royal falls to the British
Tax on Apprentice Indentures
Alexander Selkirk rescued from shipwreck on a desert island, inspiring the book Robinson Crusoe (published in 1719) by Daniel Defoe
Bad harvests throughout Europe - bread riots in Britain
First Copyright Act pass
Second Eddystone lighthouse completed
First Copyright Act passed
Bartolomeo Cristofori invents the piano
Earliest Artillery Muster Rolls
First Jacobite rising in Scotland
Queen Anne's war breaks out
First Jacobite rising in Scotland
Census of Acadia
English and Scottish Parliaments united by an Act of the English Parliament - The Kingdom of Great Britain established - largest free-trade area in Europe at the time
Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English Parliament in return for full trading privileges - Scottish Parliament meets for the last time in March
1st January - Union with Scotland - Scots agree to send 16 peers and 45 MPs to English Parliament in return for full trading pri
Census of Acadia
The Act of Union is formed between Scotland and England, creating Great Britain.
First evening newspaper The Evening Post' issued in London
Isaac Newton knighted (for his work at the Royal Mint)
First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newcomen (some say c1710 or 1711)
First workable steam pumping engine devised by Thomas Newman
Battle of Blenheim
Penal Code enacted - Catholics barred from voting, education and the military
Newfoundland census
Climate: Most violent storms of the millennium cause vast damage across southern England - about a third of Britain's merchant fleet lost, and Eddystone lighthouse destroyed on 27 November (Nov 24 - Dec 2)
British take Gibraltar
Eighth Acadian census
Repeal of Duties on entries in Parish Registers
Census of Acadia
Anne
First English daily newspaper The Daily Courant (till 1735)
Anne Stuart becomes Queen
8th March - Anne Stuart becomes Queen
Queen Anne
Queen Ann Period (Art & Antiques)
Queen Anne's War
War of Spanish Succession
After being convicted of piracy and murdering William Moore, Captain William Kidd hanged in London
Act of Settlement bars Catholics from the British throne
Founding of Petitcodiac
Act of Parliament bars Catholice from the British throne
Census of Acadia
Jethro Tull invents the seed drill
Population in England and Scotland approx 7.5 million
Census of Acadia
Eddystone Lighthouse (Henry Winstanley's) first lit; completed 10 days earlier
Most of the Palace of Whitehall in London destroyed by fire
Invention of steam engine by Capt Thomas Savery
Darien Expedition: a disastrous attempt to establish a Scots settlement in Panama
Duties (taxes) on entries in parish registers - repealed after five years
Invention of steam engine by Captain Thomas Savery
Census of Acadia
Englishmen, Thomas Savery invents a steam pump
Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
Treaty of Ryswick
2nd December - Official opening of St Paul's Cathedral
William III
Act of Parliament establishes Workhouses
Freedom of Press in England granted
Bank of Scotland founded
Act of Parliament imposes a fine on all who fail to inform the parish minister of the birth of a child (repealed 1706)
Start of Dissenters' lists in parish registers - children born but not christened in the parish church - some were named 'Papist' and others 'Protestants'
Freedom of the Press
Census of Acadia
Bank of England founded by William Paterson (a Scot)
National Debt came into effect in England
Stamp Duties introduced into Britain from Holland
Mary II death leaves William III as sole ruler
Triennial Act, new Parliamentary elections every three years
Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane (-1699)
National Deb came into effect in England
Scotland: Poll Tax imposed on all over sixteen, except the destitute and insane
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Pierre P?rignon 's invention of Champagne
Census of Acadia
Newfoundland census
The massacre of Glencoe - Clan Campbell sides with King William and murders members of Clan McDonald
Land Tax introduced - originally designed as an annual tax on personal estate, public offices and land. For practical purposes, however, assessors tended to avoid assessing items of wealth other than landed property so that it became known as the Land Ta
French intention to invade England came to nothing
The Massacre of Glencoe
French intention to invade England came to naught
Earliest date in known German Lutheran registers
Newfoundland census
England passes Act of Grace, forgiving Roman Catholic followers of James II
William III and Mary II
The British capture Port-Royal
Great Synagogue founded
Port-Royal captured
The Presbyterian Church is permanently restored and becomes the Church of Scotland.
Bill of Rights passed by Parliament, ending King's divine right to raise taxes or wage war
Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland - Jacobites defeated Government troops but at high cost
Toleration Act passed for Protestant non-conformists
Deposed James VII & II flees to Ireland - defeated at the Battle of the Boyne (1 Jul 1690)
William III and Mary II, daughter of James II, jointly take the throne (only William, however, has regal power)
Devonport naval dockyard established
King William III and Queen Mary II
Deposed James VII and II flees to Ireland
King William's War
French - Five Nations Indian war
Siege of Londonderry (began Dec 1688; ended 28 Jul 1689)
William of Orange lands at Torbay
The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates
Edward Lloyd's Coffee House opens - later became Lloyd's of London
British Army raised to 40,000
Bill of Rights limits the powers of the monarchy over parliament
Hearth Tax abolished
Mutiny Act
February: Edward Lloyds Coffee House - later became Lloyd's of London
Newton published his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' - written in Latin
James II issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics and non-conformists
St-Charles des Mines Church is built at Grand-Pré
Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
Census of Acadia
James II
James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) - Monmouth rebellion and battle of Sedgemoor - British Army raised to 20,000 men
Earl of Argyll's Invasion of Scotland
Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported
Earl of Argyll's invasion of Scotland
King James II
Presbyterian settlement in Stuart's Town in South Carolina
Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum in Britain
Wild boar become extinct in Britain
6th June: Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford - first museum on Britain
Founding of Grand-Pré
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh - later National Library of Scotland
Halley observes the comet which bears his name
Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
Oil lighting first used in London streets
Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
Dodo becomes extinct in Mauritius through over-hunting
William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
Chinoiserie Period (Art and Antiques)
Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to time)
Tories first so named
27th May: Haveas Corpus Act became law in England
Denis Papin invents the pressure cooker
Extension of Test Act to peers
Extension of Test Act to peers
The first edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britiannica" published -
Census of Acadia
Lee's Collection of Names of Merchants in London' published
Lee's "Collection of Names of Merchants in London" published
Compton Census, named after its initiator Henry Compton, Bishop of London, was intended to discover the number of Anglican conformists, Roman Catholic recusants and Protestant dissenters in England and Wales from enquiries made in individual parishes
Robert Hooke invents the universal joint
Building of Royal Greenwich Observatory started
King Philip's War
John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal of England
Beginning of Whig party under Shaftsbury
Rebuilding of St Paul's started by Wren (completed 1710)
Beginning of Whig Party under Shaftsbury
Christian Huygens patents the pocket watch
Treaty of Westminster - Netherlands cedes New Netherlands (on the eastern coast of North America) to Britain
First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
First Test Act deprives British Catholics and Non-conformists of Public Office
First European settlement in Great Lakes Region
Founding of Beaubassin
High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
War with Holland (to 1674) - British Army increased to 10,000 men
High Court of Justiciary established in Scotland
Comte de Frontenac governs New France
Thomas Blood caught stealing the Crown Jewels
First Acadian Census
Census of Acadia
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents a calculating machine
King Charles II and King Louis XIV of France sign the Secret Treaty of Dover
Hudson's Bay Company formed
Treaty of Breda
Earliest Synagogue registers - Bevis Marks
Dom Pérignon invents Champagne
The first reference to a candy cane is made
Last entry in Pepys's diary
Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year
British East India Company obtains control of Bombay
Newton constructs reflecting telescope
Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope
Treaty of Breda
Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester
Newton formulated Laws of Gravity
2nd to 6th September; Great Fire of London,
Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanteers)
First New World Census
The ?London Gazette' first published - one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom government and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
Five-mile Act restricts non-conformist ministers in Britain
Great Plague of London
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
Oak Apple Day - the birthday of Charles II and the day when he entered London at the Restoration; commanded by Act of Parliament in 1664 to be observed as a day of thanksgiving. A special service (expunged in 1859) was inserted in the Book of Common Pray
Earliest Roman Cathilic registers
Great Québec earthquake
Québec becomes a crown colony (royal province) of France
James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope
Act of Uniformity - Acceptance of Book of Common Prayer required - About 2,000 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyterians and Independents) - Persecution of all non-conformists - Presbyterianism dis-established - E
'Hearth Tax' introduced - until 1689 (1690 in Scotland)
Poor Relief Act or Act of Settlement' - gave JPs the power to return any wandering poor to the parish of origin (repealed 1834)
Tea introduced to Britain
Hearth Tax
Oliver Cromwell formally 'executed', having been dead for over two years!
Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland
Board of Trade founded in London
Hand-struck postage stamps first used
Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
Persectution of Non-Conformists in England
First actress plays in London (Margaret Hughes as Desdemona)
Twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society
Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn
Restoration of British monarchy (Charles II) - 'Oak Apple Day' - theatres reopened
Charles II
Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
Provincial Probate Courts re-established
Clarendon code restricts Puritans' religious freedom
Composition of light discovered by Newton
Honourable East India Company founded by British
1st January - Samuel Pepys starts his diary
Quaker-Scottish colony was established in East New Jersey
King Charles II
Restoration Period
Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region
Samuel Pepys starts his diary
Date of first known bank cheque to be drawn
Start of national meteorological Temperature records in the UK
6th February - date of first known cheque to be drawn
Lake Superior explored
Death of Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector
Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector (-1660)
Death of Oliver Cromwell
Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector
Post Office established by Act of Parliament [others say 1660]
A few Jews permitted to settle in England
Post Office established by Act of Parliament (others say 1660)
Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock
Fort Port-Royal is captured by the British
Fort Port-Royal captured by the British
Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
Commonwealth registers start
Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land
Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
Commonwealther registers start
Battle of Worcester
The second English Civil War (1651-1652)
Scottish prisoners transported to the British settlements in America
The second English Civil War
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
Coffee brought to England about this time
George Fox founds Society of Friends (Quakers)
Otto von Guericke invents a air pump
Theatres banned by Cromwell
Christmas banned by Cromwell
Commonwealth declared
King Charles I executed
'Rump' Parliament votes to put Charles I on trial
Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
30th June: King Charles I executed
Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell
Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
First practical thermometers made
Earliest Baptist registers survive from this year
Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
Charles I surrenders to the Scottish Army at Newark
20th June: Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
Battle of Naseby: Parliament's New Model Army crushes the Royalist forces
Battle of Philiphaugh in Scotland
Scotland: Each county and burgh ordered to raise and maintain a number of foot soldiers, according to population, to serve as militia - population of Scotland estimated at 420,000
Plague made its last appearance in Scotland
Battle of Philipburgh in Scotland
Battle of Marston Moor, near York - Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists
Battle of Cropredy Bridge - Royalists beat the Parliamentarian forces
Earlist Indepenent (Congregational) registers
Battle of Alton - victory for Parliamentarians - Sir Richard Bolle killed in St Lawrence's church
Solomn League and Covenrant signed in Scotland
Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer
Abel Janszoon Tasman first European to set foot in New Zealand
Abel Janszoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
Battle of Turnham Green - Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London
Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham - First Civil War in England (to 1649)
The Civil War interrupted the keeping of parish registers
English theatres closed by Puritans (till 1660)
22nd August - Charles I raises his standard at Nottinngham -
Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine
50,000 Irish killed in an uprising in Ulster
Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England
Charles I and the English Parliament acknowledge the Prebyterian Church in Scotland
Charles I policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England -
Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish invasion
Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
Act of Toleration in England established religious tolerance
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
Charles regarded protests against the prayer book as treason
Scottish Prayer Book published
Pequot War
Arrival of the St. Jehan in Port-Royal
PRE-DEPORTATION PERIOD
Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
W. Gascoigne invents the micrometer
Letter Office of England & Scotland started
Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
Letter Office of England and Scotland started
Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
Isaac de Razilly arrives at Le Heve
Isaac de Razilly sails from LaRochelle
Treaty of St Germain-en-Laye
Québec returned to France by the 'Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye'
Samuel de Champlain named the first Governor of New France
Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
European diseases/epidemics kill indians
Parliament dissolved by King Charles I - did not meet for another 11 yea
Parliament desolved by King Charles I -
Québec captured by Britain
Giovanni Branca invents a steam turbine
Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date
Charles I
The Company of One Hundred Associates formed to colonize New France
Death of King James VI & I
The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
King Charles I
The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
Carolean Age
Frenchmen, Jean-Baptiste Denys invents a method for blood transfusion
Monopoly Act in England: patents protected
Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
Monopoly Act in England - patents protected
William Oughtred invents a slide ruler
First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
First Englaish Newspaper appears
Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
Chimneys to be made of brick and be four and half feet above roof
(Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
Pilgrim Fathers land at Plymouth Rock
Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
The Mayflower reaches America
The earliest human-powered submarine invented
(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)
Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I
Register of Sasines (Land Leases) established in Scotland -
Tuesday Apr 23 (Julian calendar): Death of Shakespeare
Death of Shakespeare (23rd April)
The Globe Theatre in London burns during a performance of Henry the Eighth (finally pulled down in 1644)
A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
James VI & I created the title of baronet
Authorised (King James) Version of Bible in Britain
Plantation of Ulster with English and Scottish colonists
James VI & I established the Episcopal Church in Scotland - Prebyterians persecuted and many of their records lost
James VI established the Episcopal Church in Scotland -
Henry Hudson explorations
First use of telescope by Galileo - he observed the moons of Jupiter two years later in Jan 1610
Québec founded
Hans Lippershey invents the first refracting telescope
Jamestown, Virginia settled - to become the first permanent British colony in North America
Jamestown is established
Flight of the Earls - leading Ulster families go into exile
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)
Guy Fawkes and co-conspirators executed
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
Episcopacy established in Scotland (against wishes of the Scots)
12th April Adoption of Union Jack as the flag of "Great Britain"
Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes, etc)
First Acadian settlement in Port-Royal
Gunpowder plot at Westminster (Guy Fawkes)
Settlement of New France
James I
Shakespeare: Othello' first presented
EXPLORATION PERIOD
First Acadian settlement on Saint-Croix Island
Settlement of New France
Coronation - James VI of Scotland is crowned first king of Great Britain
Death of Elizabeth I: union of Scottish and English crowns - under King James VI of Scots and I of England (d. 1625)
King James I
24th March - Death of Queen Elizabeth I
The crowns of England and Scotland unite.
Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public
Dutch East India Company founded
Great English Poor Law Act passed
First use of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster
Great English Poor Law passed
British East India Company founded
Memoirs of Officers of the Royal Navy begin
The calendar changes from the Julian Calendar to the Gregorian Calendar.
Scotland adopts New Year beginning 1st January (previously 25th March)
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
Bishops transcript of English and Welsh parish registers start [some say 1597]
Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection allowed
Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor -
Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, leads Irish rebellion against English rule (-1603)
British statute mile established by law
British statute mile established by law
Galileo invents a water thermometer
A Congregational (or Independent) Church formed in London
Scotland: Presbyterian Church formally established - all ministers equal - no bishops - secular commissaries appointed by the Crown
A congregational (or Independant) Church formed in London.
The Presbyterian Church is formally established.
Trinity College, Dublin, founded
Dutchmen, Zacharias Janssen invents the compound microscope
Englishmen, William Lee invents the knitting machine
Defeat of Spanish Armada off Gravelines
Spanish Armada sighted off the Lizard (had set sail from Lisbon in late May)
Invention of shorthand by Dr Timothy Bright
29th July Defeat of the Spanish Armada
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)
Sir Francis Drake sinks the Spanish fleet in Cadiz harbour
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, at Fotheringay Castle, near Peterborough
Introduction of potatoes to England
Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, by English at Fotheringay Castle near Peterborough
Foundation of Oxford University Press
Foundation of Oxford University Press
Sir Walter Raleigh establishes first English colony in the New World, on Roanoke Island, Virginia (now in North Carolina) - the so-called 'Lost Colony'
Sir Humphrey Gilbert attempts to establish English authority at St John's, Newfoundland
University of Edinburgh founded
Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
Foundation of Cambridge University Press by Thomas Thomas
Gregorian calendar introduced in some couontires:
Francis Drake knighted by Elizabeth I aboard the Golden Hind after circumnavigating the world
English Parliament outlaws Roman Catholicism
English Levant Company founded
Dover Straits earthquake, largest in the recorded history of England, mentioned by Shakespeare - dozens of ships sunk and a tsunami hit Calais
Congregational movement founded by Robert Browne about this time
Colonisation of Ireland
Colonisation of Ireland
Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
Act of Uniformity in matters of religion enforced
Earliest Quaker registers begin
James Burbage opens first theatre in London
Colonial State Papers published
Opening of the Royal Exchange in London, founded by Sir Thomas Gresham - this building destroyed in Great Fire of London 1666
Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
Repeal of Act prohibiting lending of money on interest - gradual change from 'subsistence economy' to 'cash economy' resulted
Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
Beginning of penal legislation against Catholics in England
Presbyterianism introduced into England by Thomas Cartwright
Pope Pius V issued the papal bull 'Regnans in Excelsis' to excommunicate Elizabeth I and her followers in the Church of England
Elizabeth I approved Sunday sports
Gerard Mercator invents Mercator map projection
Battle of Langside - Mary's flight to England and her imprisonment by Queen Elizabeth I
Battle of Langside
Bottled beer invented in London
Mary Queen of Scots deposed and replaced by her 1 year old son James VI
Marriage of Mary Queen of Scots to James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
Murder of Darnley outside Holyrood House in an explosion
Murder of David Riccio (or Rizzio) in Holyrood House
Murder of Riccio in Holyrood House
Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, her first cousin
Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Darley
Shakespeare baptised - he is said to have been born on Apr 23, St George's Day; he certainly died on Apr 23, 1616
The English surrender Le Havre to the French after a siege
Papal recusants heavily fined for non-attendance at Church
Earliest English slave-trading expedition, under John Hawkins - between Guinea and the West Indies
African slave trade starts
Spire of St Paul's, highest in England, destroyed by fire
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
Treaty of Berwick between Duc du Chatelherault (as governor of Scotland) and the English, agreeing to act jointly to expel the French from Scotland
Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland - commissary courts thrown into confusion - some records lost
Establishment of Protestantism in Scotland
Protestantism is established. Pope's authority is abolished. Celebrating mass becomes illegal.
Elizabeth I
Acts of Supremacy passed in Parliament, ending papal jurisdiction over England & Wales; established Church of England
Elizabeth crowned in Westminster Abbey by Owen Oglethorpe, the Bishop of Carlisle
Tobacco introduced to Europe
John Knox returns from Continent - strengthens case for Presbyterianism in Scotland
John Knox returns from Continent
Queen Mary Tudor of England dies and is succeeded by her half-sister Elizabeth - Protestantism restored in England
Marriage of Mary, Queen of Scots to Fran?ois the Dauphin of France in Paris
French take Calais, last English possession in France
System of Counties adopted
Scottish parish registers start
Reign of Elizabeth I - Policy of Plantation begins
Scottish parish registers start
Queen Elizabeth I
The First Covenant signed in Scotland
Mary I
Brief Catholic restoration under Queen Mary Tudor
Queen Mary I
Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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   Date  Event(s)
1383 
  • 1383—99 9999: Regular series of wills starts in Prerogative Court of Canterbury
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
1574 
  • 1574—1738: Colonial State Papers published
    continued to 1738
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.
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
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)
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)
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
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
10 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
11 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
12 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)
13 1616 
  • 1616—1616: Death of Shakespeare (23rd April)
  • 23 Apr 1616—23 Apr 1616: Tuesday Apr 23 (Julian calendar): Death of Shakespeare
14 1617 
  • 1617—1617: Register of Sasines (Land Leases) established in Scotland -
    record of the transfer of land and property
15 1618 
  • 1618—1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I
16 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)
17 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)
18 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
19 1622 
  • 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
  • 1622—1622: First Englaish Newspaper appears
20 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
21 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
22 1627 
  • 1627—1627: The Company of One Hundred Associates formed to colonize New France
23 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
24 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
25 1630 
  • 1630—1750: Renaissance Period - Art and Antiques
  • 1630—1750: Baroque Period (Art and Antiques)
  • 1630—1640: European diseases/epidemics kill indians
26 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
27 1633 
  • Jun 1633—Jun 1633: Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
28 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
29 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.
30 1637 
  • 1637—1637: Scottish Prayer Book published
  • 1637—1638: Pequot War
31 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)
32 1639 
  • 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
  • 1639—1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious tolerance
33 1640 
  • 3 Nov 1640—3 Nov 1640: Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish invasion
34 1641 
  • 1641—1641: Charles I's policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England
  • 1641—1641: Charles I and the English Parliament acknowledge the Prebyterian Church in Scotland
  • 1641—1641: Charles I policies cause insurrection in Ulster and Civil War in England -
    Charles I and the English Parliament scknowledge the Presbyterian Church in Scotland
  • 23 Oct 1641—23 Oct 1641: 50,000 Irish killed in an uprising in Ulster
35 1642 
  • 1642—1642: The Civil War interrupted the keeping of parish registers
  • 1642—1642: English theatres closed by Puritans (till 1660)
  • 1642—1642: 22nd August - Charles I raises his standard at Nottinngham -
    First Civil War in England (to 1649) - first engagement at Edgehill - {\n}Scottish Covenanters side with the English rebels who take power -{\n}the Earl of Montrose sided with King Chalres, strife spilled into Scotland{\n}The Civil Ward interrupted the ke
  • 1642—1642: Frenchmen, Blaise Pascal invents an adding machine
  • 22 Aug 1642—22 Aug 1642: Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham - First Civil War in England (to 1649)
  • 13 Nov 1642—13 Nov 1642: Battle of Turnham Green - Royalist forces withdraw in face of the Parliamentarian army and fail to take London
  • 24 Nov 1642—24 Nov 1642: Abel Janszoon Tasman discovers Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania)
  • 18 Dec 1642—18 Dec 1642: Abel Janszoon Tasman first European to set foot in New Zealand
36 1643 
  • 1643—1643: Solomn League and Covenrant signed in Scotland
  • 1643—1643: Evangelista Torricelli invents the barometer
  • 13 Dec 1643—13 Dec 1643: Battle of Alton - victory for Parliamentarians - Sir Richard Bolle killed in St Lawrence's church
37 1644 
  • 1644—1644: Earlist Indepenent (Congregational) registers
    Earliest Presbyterian registers
  • 29 Jun 1644—29 Jun 1644: Battle of Cropredy Bridge - Royalists beat the Parliamentarian forces
  • 2 Jul 1644—2 Jul 1644: Battle of Marston Moor, near York - Parliamentarian forces beat the Royalists
38 1645 
  • 1645—1645: Battle of Philiphaugh in Scotland
  • 1645—1645: Scotland: Each county and burgh ordered to raise and maintain a number of foot soldiers, according to population, to serve as militia - population of Scotland estimated at 420,000
  • 1645—1645: Plague made its last appearance in Scotland
  • 1645—1645: Battle of Philipburgh in Scotland
    Inquisitions Post Mortem end{\n}Acotland: Each county and burgh ordered to raise and maintain a number of foot soldiers, according to population, to serve as militia -{\n}Population of Scotland estimated at 420,000{\n}Plague made its last appearance in Sc
  • 14 Jun 1645—14 Jun 1645: Battle of Naseby: Parliament's New Model Army crushes the Royalist forces
39 1646 
  • 1646—1646: 20th June: Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
  • 5 May 1646—5 May 1646: Charles I surrenders to the Scottish Army at Newark
  • 20 Jun 1646—20 Jun 1646: Royalists sign articles of surrender at Oxford
40 1647 
  • 1647—1647: Earliest Baptist registers survive from this year
41 1648 
  • 1648—1648: Society of Friends (Quakers) founded by George Fox
  • 1648—1648: First practical thermometers made
42 1649 
  • 1649—1649: Cromwell's Irish campaign starts
  • 1649—1649: King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
  • 1649—1649: 30th June: King Charles I executed
    19th May: Commonwealth declared{\n}Cromwell's Irish campaign starts{\n}King Charles II proclaimed King of Scots and England in Scotland
  • 1649—1660: Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell
  • 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
  • 20 Dec 1649—20 Dec 1649: Theatres banned by Cromwell
  • 20 Dec 1649—20 Dec 1649: Christmas banned by Cromwell
  • 12 1649—3 Sep 1658: Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector
    Commonwealth & Protectorate:
43 1650 
  • 1650—1650: Coffee brought to England about this time
  • 1650—1650: George Fox founds Society of Friends (Quakers)
    Coffee brought to England about this time
  • 1650—1650: Otto von Guericke invents a air pump
44 1651 
  • 1651—1651: The second English Civil War (1651-1652)
  • 1651—1651: Scottish prisoners transported to the British settlements in America
  • 1651—1652: The second English Civil War
    Scottish prisoners transported to the English settlements in America
  • 3 Sep 1651—3 Sep 1651: Battle of Worcester
45 1653 
  • 1653—1653: Commonwealth registers start
  • 1653—1653: Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land
  • 1653—1653: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
  • 1653—1660: Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
  • 1653—1653: Commonwealther registers start
    Commonwealth changed into Cromwell's Protectorate{\n}Under the Act of Settlement Cromwell's opponents stripped of land (in Ireland?)
  • 20 Apr 1653—20 Apr 1653: Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament
  • 16 Dec 1653—16 Dec 1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland
46 1655 
  • 1655—1655: Fort Port-Royal is captured by the British
  • 1655—1655: Fort Port-Royal captured by the British
47 1656 
  • 1656—1656: Christian Huygens invents a pendulum clock
48 1657 
  • 1657—1657: Post Office established by Act of Parliament [others say 1660]
  • 1657—1657: A few Jews permitted to settle in England
  • 1657—1657: Post Office established by Act of Parliament (others say 1660)
    A few Jews permitted to settle in England
49 1658 
  • 1658—1658: Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector (-1660)
  • 1658—1658: Death of Oliver Cromwell
  • 1658—1660: Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) Lord Protector
  • 9 Mar 1658—24 May 1659: Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector
    Commonwealth & Proctorate: 3rd son of Oliver. Resigned May 25, 1659
  • 3 Sep 1658—3 Sep 1658: Death of Oliver Cromwell
50 1659 
  • 1659—1659: Start of national meteorological Temperature records in the UK
  • 1659—1659: 6th February - date of first known cheque to be drawn
  • 1659—1659: Lake Superior explored
    Pierre-Esprit Radisson & Sieur des Groseilliers explore Lake Superior
  • 6 Feb 1659—6 Feb 1659: Date of first known bank cheque to be drawn
51 1660 
  • 1660—1660: Commonwealth registers ended, Parish Registers resumed
  • 1660—1660: Provincial Probate Courts re-established
  • 1660—1660: Clarendon code restricts Puritans' religious freedom
  • 1660—1660: Composition of light discovered by Newton
  • 1660—1660: Honourable East India Company founded by British
  • 1660—1660: 1st January - Samuel Pepys starts his diary
    29th May - Restoration of British Monarchy - Oak Apple Day - Theartres reopened{\n}Commonwealth registers ended, Parish registers resumed{\n}Provincial Probate Courtds re-established{\n}Oct: Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn - Thomas H
  • 1660—1660: Quaker-Scottish colony was established in East New Jersey
  • 1660—1685: King Charles II
    King Charles II ( 1660 - 1685 ) {\n}{\n}1660 - Charles returns to England from Holland and is restored to the throne.{\n}1662 - Act of Uniformity compels Puritans to accept the doctrines of the Church of England or leave the church.{\n}1665 - Outbreak of
  • 1660—1660: Restoration Period
  • 1660—1660: Cuckoo clocks made in Furtwangen, Germany, in the Black Forest region
  • 1 Jan 1660—1 Jan 1660: Samuel Pepys starts his diary
  • 5 May 1660—6 Feb 1685: Charles II
    House of Stuart (restored): Eldest son of Charles I, died without issue. De Jure King from Jan 30, 1649.
  • 29 May 1660—29 May 1660: Restoration of British monarchy (Charles II) - 'Oak Apple Day' - theatres reopened
  • 17 Oct 1660—17 Oct 1660: Ten Regicides are executed at Charing Cross or Tyburn
  • 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
  • 8 Dec 1660—8 Dec 1660: First actress plays in London (Margaret Hughes as Desdemona)
52 1661 
  • 1661—1661: Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland
  • 1661—1661: Board of Trade founded in London
  • 1661—1661: Hand-struck postage stamps first used
  • 1661—1661: Corporation Act prevents non-Anglicans from holding municipal office
  • 1661—1661: Persectution of Non-Conformists in England
    Restoration of Episcopacy in Scotland{\n}Board of Trade founded in London{\n}Hand-struck postage stamps first used{\n}Corporation Act prevents non-anglicans from holding municipal office
  • 30 Jan 1661—30 Jan 1661: Oliver Cromwell formally 'executed', having been dead for over two years!
53 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)
  • 1662—1662: Tea introduced to Britain
  • 1662—1662: Hearth Tax
    Poor Relief Act "Act of Settlement" - gave JPs the power to return any wandering poor to the parish of origin{\n}Act of Uniformity - about 2,00 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyerians and Independants){\n}Persectution
  • 24 Aug 1662—24 Aug 1662: Act of Uniformity - Acceptance of Book of Common Prayer required - About 2,000 vicars and rectors driven from their parishes as nonconformists (Presbyterians and Independents) - Persecution of all non-conformists - Presbyterianism dis-established - E
54 1663 
  • 1663—1663: Earliest Roman Cathilic registers
  • 1663—1663: Great Québec earthquake
  • 1663—1663: Québec becomes a crown colony (royal province) of France
  • 1663—1663: James Gregory invents the first reflecting telescope
55 1664 
  • 29 May 1664—29 May 1664: Oak Apple Day - the birthday of Charles II and the day when he entered London at the Restoration; commanded by Act of Parliament in 1664 to be observed as a day of thanksgiving. A special service (expunged in 1859) was inserted in the Book of Common Pray
  • 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
56 1665 
  • 1665—1665: Great Plague of London (July-October) kills over 60,000
  • 1665—1665: Five-mile Act restricts non-conformist ministers in Britain
  • 1665—1665: Great Plague of London
  • 7 Nov 1665—7 Nov 1665: The ?London Gazette' first published - one of the official journals of record of the United Kingdom government and the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United Kingdom
57 1666 
  • 1666—1666: Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester
  • 1666—1666: Newton formulated Laws of Gravity
  • 1666—1666: 2nd to 6th September; Great Fire of London,
    after a drought beginning 27th June{\n}Use of semaphore signalling pioneered by Lord Worcester{\n}Act of Parliament - burials to be in woollen
  • 1666—1689: Considerable religious unrest on Scotland (The Covenanteers)
    Covenanteers Rising at St. John's Town of Dalry
  • 1666—1666: First New World Census
    Census taken by Intendant Jean Talon in New France of 3215 inhabitants
  • 2 Sep 1666—2 Sep 1666: Great Fire of London, after a drought beginning 27 June (2-6 Sep)
58 1667 
  • 1667—1667: Treaty of Breda
    Acadia is recognized as a French possession
59 1668 
  • 1668—1668: British East India Company obtains control of Bombay
  • 1668—1668: Newton constructs reflecting telescope
  • 1668—1668: Isaac Newton invents a reflecting telescope
60 1669 
  • 1669—1669: Earliest Lutheran registers survive from this year
  • 31 May 1669—31 May 1669: Last entry in Pepys's diary