Stuart Dynasty

By JULIA BLANCO
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    James I

    James I united the countries of England and Scotland under one monarch for the first time as he believed in the divine right of kings. When he died in 1625 the country was badly in debt.

  • King James Bible Published

    The commissioning of the King James Bible took place in 1604 at the Hampton Court Conference outside of London. The King James version remains one of the greatest landmarks in the English language and is the English translation of the Christian Bible for the Church of England.

  • Rebellion in Ireland

    Ireland's Catholic inhabitants were angry at the prospect of a Puritan parliament achieving political dominance in England, and interested by the possibility of seizing concessions similar to those. Several thousand English and Scottish Protestant settlers were killed and many more were forced to flee.

  • The English Civil War Begins

    The English Civil War was a series of armed and political conflicts between Parliamentarians and Royalists over the manner of England's governance that stemmed from conflict between Charles I and Parliament over an Irish insurrection.

  • Charles I surrenders to the Scots

    Charles I made his way to the camp of the Scottish army at Southwell, and gave himself up. The Scots eventually handed him over to the Parliamentarians. In December 1647, the Scottish army marched back across the River Tweed and the king's Scottish guards were replaced by English Parliamentarians.

  • Charles I is executed

    In the wake of the Second Civil War, Oliver Cromwell decided that England could never be settled in peace while Charles I remained alive. The king was charged with high treason, tried, found guilty and beheaded. Charles faced his trial and death with remarkable dignity. .
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    Oliver Cromwell

    Oliver Cromwell took the title Lord Protector of the republic in England, known as the Commonwealth. Cromwell disliked the Irish Catholics and on the pretense of punishment for the massacre of English Protestants in 1641, he conquered Ireland and declared war on the Netherlands.

  • End of the English Civil War

    Throughout the 1640s, war between the king and Parliament ravaged England, but it also struck all of the kingdoms held by the house of Stuart and there was also civil war within each of the Stuart states.The wars ended with the final defeat of Royalist forces in 1651, power passed to the government of the Commonwealth of England.

  • Restoration of the Monarch

    It began in 1660 when the English, Scottish and Irish monarchies were all restored under King Charles II. Restoration describes both the actual event by which the monarchy was restored, and the period of several years afterwards in which a new political settlement was established.

  • The Great Plague of London

    The Great Plague of London was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England.The Great Plague killed an estimated 100,000 people, almost a quarter of London's population in 18 months.

  • Great Fire of London

    The fire consumed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, St Paul's Cathedral, and most of the buildings of the City authorities. The death toll is unknown but is thought to have been small, only six verified deaths were recorded.

  • William and Mary are formally proclaimed king and queen

    Many felt that William and his wife Mary should be termed "regents" rather than monarchs in their own right, since the former king was still alive. The formal declaration of William and Mary as king and queen took place a week later. This became known as the 'Glorious Revolution'.

  • The English Bill of Rights

    the English Bill of Rights, is an Act of the Parliament of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown.

  • War of Spanish Succession

    A European conflict triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain. Charles left an undivided Spanish Monarchy to Louis XIV's grandson Philip, who was proclaimed King of Spain. Disputes over separation of the Spanish and French crowns and commercial rights led to war between the Bourbons of France and Spain and the Grand Alliance.

  • Act of Union

    The Acts of Union were two Acts of Parliament, the Union with Scotland Act passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed by the Parliament of Scotland. The treaty declared both kingdoms be united into one kingdom by the Name of Great Britain.