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Conflict between Parliament and King in England
1603-1689. The English Civil War is a significant period in history due to its struggle between the leader and the body of a government. It result in the English Bill of Rights and the American checks and balances policy. -
Fulda Witch trials
Merga Bien arrested for witchcraft in Fulda, Germany, part of Fulda witch trials. She and about 250 people later burned at the stake. -
Gunpowder plot.
Gunpowder Plot: Catholic conspirator Guy Fawkes attempts to blow up King James I and the British Parliament. -
jack union
England adopts the Union Flag, replaced in 1801 by current Union Flag the Union Jack -
English founded Jamestown
104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. -
Discovery of the moons of Jupiter by Galileo
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House of commons
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Assassination of king Henry IV
Assassination of Henry IV of France, brings 9-year old Louis XIII to the throne -
Robert Dowland appointed court luitist of King James I
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Globe theatre fire
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, England, burns down during a performance of "Henry VIII"
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2nd Parliament
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Death of Shakespeare
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Thirty year war
a religious civil war between the Protestants and Roman Catholics in Germany that engaged the Austrian Habsburgs and the German princes. -
Francis Bacon becomes Lord Chancellor of England
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Execution of Walter Raleigh
English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against King James I of England -
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Personal rule
when King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland ruled without recourse to Parliament. The King claimed that he was entitled to do this under the Royal Prerogative. Charles had already dissolved three Parliaments by the third year of his reign in 1628. -
French academy
The Académie française is the pre-eminent French council for matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. -
death of Galileo
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English civil war
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists over, principally, the manner of England's governance. -
Issac Newton was born
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Reformation
The Reformation was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th-century Europe. -
Peace of Westphalia
European settlements of 1648, which brought to an end the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Dutch and the German phase of the Thirty Years' War. -
execution of Charles I
executed for high treason in January 1649. The monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared. -
king Charles beheaded
Charles was tried, convicted, and executed for high treason in January 1649. The monarchy was abolished and a republic called the Commonwealth of England was declared. -
Absolutism
Absolutism plays an important role in this part of history because previously European states were in civil wars, but absolutism argued that a centralized government could solve this. It also created the concept of divine-right monarchies. -
Age of Discovery
The Age of Discovery, or the Age of Exploration is an informal and loosely defined term for the period in European history in which extensive overseas exploration emerged as a powerful factor in European culture and was the beginning of globalization -
British navigation acts
The Navigation Acts, or more broadly The Acts of Trade and Navigation were a long series of English laws that developed, promoted, and regulated English ships, shipping, trade, and commerce between other countries and with its own colonies -
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Military rule in England under Oliver Cromwell.
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Restoration of English monarchy under Charles II
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royal society of London founded
The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a royal charter by King Charles II as "The Royal Society" -
Black Death in England
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic, which reached England in June -
Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. -
Re-catholic England
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Test Act
The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and nonconformists. -
St Paul's Cathedral
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Habeas Corpus Act
It was passed by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, which required a court to examine the lawfulness of a prisoner's detention and thus prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment. -
Isaac Newton founded Newtonian physics
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Philosophic Naturalis Principia Mathematica
Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, often referred to as simply the Principia, is a work in three books by Isaac Newton, in Latin, first published 5 July 1687 -
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Glorious revolution
replaced the reigning king, James II, with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. -
English bill of rights
The English Bill of Rights is an act that the Parliament of England passed on December 16, 1689. The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech -
John Locke's "Treatises on Government"
Locke proceeds through Filmer's arguments, contesting his proofs from Scripture and ridiculing them as senseless, until concluding that no government can be justified by an appeal to the divine right of kings. The Second Treatise outlines a theory of civil society. -
Age of enlightenment
The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, the "Century of Philosophy". -
Bank of England founded
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End of the scientific revolution
The Scientific Revolution took place in Europe towards the end of the Renaissance period and continued through the late 18th century, influencing the intellectual social movement known as the Enlightenment. -
Agricultural revolution
The Agricultural Revolution was a period of technological improvement and increased crop productivity that occurred during the 18th and early 19th centuries in Europe. -
English revolution
The English Reformation was a series of events in 16th-century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church. -
Start of the age of enlightenment
was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, the "Century of Philosophy". -
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War of Spanish succession
War for Spain and France to unite against most of Europe, ended with decision that Philip could be King of Spain, but not of France as well. -
peace of utrecht
a series of individual peace treaties, rather than a single document, signed by the belligerents in the War of the Spanish Succession, in the Dutch city of Utrecht between April 1713 and February 1715. -
George I of Great Britain
Queen Anne dies. George I becomes king.