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Date |
Event(s) |
1 | 1633 | - Jun 1633: Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
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2 | 1635 | - 1635: Letter Office of England & Scotland started
- 1635: Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
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3 | 1636 | - 1636: Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
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4 | 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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5 | 1639 | - 1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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6 | 1640 | - 3 Nov 1640: Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish
invasion
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