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George Jamesoune

Male 1630 - 1640  (9 years)


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