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1600
1600 5 August, The Gowrie Conspiracy; Ruthven attacked King James VI
19 November, Charles I is born, Dumfermline
1601
1602
1603 24 March, Queen Elizabeth I died
25 July, King James VI of Scotland becomes King James I of England
1604 14 January, Theological Tournament held between the Puritans and the Catholics
1605 27 January, Trial of the Gun Powder Plot Conspiracy
Charles created Duke of York
5 July, General Assembly held in Aberdeen without the king's consent
25 July, King denounced the General Assembly
1606
1607 26 April, Andrew Melville imprisoned for refusing to acknowledge the primacy
1608
1609 16 November, Henrietta Maria of France born, Hotel du Louvre, Paris
1610
1611 King James VI commissions an authorized version of the Bible
1612 6 November, Henry Stewart, Prince of Wales died, St James Palace
1616 13 May, James VI returns to Scotland for his last visit
1617 5 August, James VI departs from Scotland for the last time
1618 25 August, General Assembly passes Five Articles
1619 4 March, Queen Anne of Denmark dies
1620
1621 4 August, Five Articles passed by the Estates
10 October, Charter for Nova Scotia given to Sit William Alexander
1622
1623
1624 King Proclaims Communion to be taken while kneeling; last official act over Scotland
1625 27 March, King James VI dies
Charles I is crowned
Parliament gave Charles I tonnage & poundage for one year only
1626 Prince William II of Orange born
1627
1628 13 June, Charles I married Henrietta Maria of France
Duke of Buckingham murdered
1629
1630 29 May, Charles II was born, St James Palace
1631 4 November, Mary Stewart was born, 4 Nov, St James Palace
1632
1633 12 June, Charles I first visit to Scotland
14 October, James VII was born
1634 Ship money demanded by Charles I without Parliament's consent
1635 Queens House in Greenwich completed by Inigo Jones (1573 - c1652).
Connecticut first settled
1636 Hackney carriages in London
1637 Introduced the Book of Common Prayer
1638 The Second Covenant
25 November, Catherine de Braganza born, Lisbon
Code and Prayer Book suspended
First Bishops' War
1639 Pacification of Berwick
1640 Battle of Newcastle - Second Bishops' War
1641 Treaty of Ripon, last visit to Scotland
The Triennial Act limited royal prerogative
1642 King Charles raises his standard against Parliamentary forces
1644 1 September, Battle of Tippermuir
1645 Battle of Inverlochie
1646 King Charles I surrenders to the Scots
1647
1648 Battle of Preston
Prince James sent to exile in France.
1649 30 January, King Charles I is beheaded by English Parliament
Charles II signs both Covenants
1650 Battle Invercharron
21 May, Montrose executed
Prince William II of Orange died
19 November, Prince William III of Orange born, Netherlands
1651 1 January, Charles II crowned, Scone, Scotland
Charles II routed at Worcester
1652
1653 The Act of Settlement deporting many Catholics from England
1654
1655 Oliver Cromwell dissolved Parliament
1656
1657
1658 3 September, Oliver Cromwell died
1659 Richard Cromwell dissolves Protectorate
1660 Composition of light discovered by Sir Isaac Newton
24 December, Princess Mary Stewart died, Whitehall Palace
29 May, Charles II returned to England - Royal Oak Day
1661 23 April, Charles II crowned at Westminster Abbey
Hand-struck postage-stamps first used.
Bridge Rooms added to Queens House by King Charles II.
1662 Royal Society of London receives Royal Charter
1663
1664
1665 Great Plague in London
1666 2 September, Great Fire of London
13 November, Battle of Rullion Green
1667 2 January, William Pentlaw, martyred for his adhering to the word of God
The Dutch sailed up the Medway and sunk five battleships
1668
1669 31 August, Henrietta Maria died, Colombe, France
1670 May Treaty of Dover
William visits England, 1st rumors of pending marriage
1671 31 March, Anne Hyde, wife of James VII died
1672 William became Captain of the Dutch fleet
15 March, Declaration of Indulgence
1673 19 January, Annie of Fyvie died of a broken heart.
June, Battle of Schooneweld where the Dutch defeated the French
The Test Act barred all Catholics from holding administrative positions
21 November, James VII married Mary Beatrice of Modena
1674 February, Treaty of Westminster
1675 22 June, Greenwich Royal Observatory created by Royal Warrant
William regected the title of Duke of Gelderland
10 August, Building of Royal Observatory commenced
John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal.
1676 Royal Greenwich Observatory built by Sir Christopher Wren.
Greenwich ferry starts operating across the River Thames.
1677 4 November, William III of Orange and Mary Stewart married
1678
1679 Battle of Drumclog
22 June, Battle of Bothwel Bridge
1680 Buccaneers' Raids. John Coxon defeated at Panama
1681 Oil street lights first used in London
1682 Appearance of Halley's Comet
1683 Rye House Plot
28 July, Anne marries Prince George of Denmark
1684
1685 King Charles II died, 6 Feb, Whitehall Palace
James VII crowned
1686 27 April, Scottish Declaration of Toleration demanding Freedom of Religion
1687
1688 Declaration of Indulgence refused by Archbishop Sancroft
18 May, Petition of the Seven Bishops
June 10th, James Francis (heir to Throne) born
30 June, William III of Orange invades England
23 December, James VII fled England
1689 13 February, William and Mary are proclaimed joint sovereigns of England
11 April, Scots Parliament declares the throne vacant
Act Establishing the Coronation Oath
27 July, Battle of Killiecrankie
21 August, Battle of Dunkeld
1690 1 July, Battle of Boyne
1691
1692 Massacre of Glencoe
Treaty of Ryswick creating peace between Spain, France & England
12 July, 3 ships set sail from Leith on the Darien Venture
1693
1694 October: Greenwich Hospital established.
28 December - Queen Mary dies of smallpox
Bank of England founded
1695
1696
1697
1698
1699