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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1618 | - 1618: Sir Walter Raleigh beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I
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| 2 | 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)
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| 3 | 1620 | - 1620: Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
- 21 Dec 1620: (Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America – founds Plymouth, New
England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
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| 4 | 1621 | - 1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
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| 5 | 1622 | - 1622: First English newspaper appeared - "Weekly News"
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| 6 | 1624 | - 1624: Monopoly Act in England: patents protected
- 1624: Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
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| 7 | 1625 | - 1625: The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
- 27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
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| 8 | 1628 | - 1 Mar 1628: Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns)
pay ship tax by this date
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| 9 | 1629 | - 10 Mar 1629: Parliament dissolved by King Charles I – did not meet for another 11 yea
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| 10 | 1633 | - Jun 1633: Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
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| 11 | 1635 | - 1635: Letter Office of England & Scotland started
- 1635: Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
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| 12 | 1636 | - 1636: Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
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| 13 | 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 hundreds of
thousands of Scots (revival of Presbyterian Church)
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| 14 | 1639 | - 1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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| 15 | 1640 | - 3 Nov 1640: Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish
invasion
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1618 - 1640 (22 years)
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