1600 - 1900 England By rjhoward16 Jan 1, 1641 Long Parliament Mar 16, 1646 English Civil War May 5, 1649 Charles I executed May 5, 1649 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector May 5, 1658 Cromwell dies May 5, 1687 Isaac Newton's "Principia" May 5, 1689 Glorious Revolution May 5, 1689 Locke's 2nd Treatise of Government May 5, 1709 Act of Union with Scotland May 5, 1709 Enclosure Act Apr 8, 1714 Hanoverian Dynasty begins May 5, 1733 Kay's Flying Shuttle invented Aug 19, 1755 William Pitt the Elder becomes Prime Minister Oct 3, 1787 Cartwright's power loom invented May 5, 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen Jul 13, 1789 Jeremy Bentham's ideas about utilitarianism Mar 19, 1800 Act of Union with Ireland May 5, 1812 Luddites protest against new machines Sep 22, 1815 Corn Laws passed May 5, 1817 Ricardo's Iron Law of Wages May 2, 1832 Reform Act May 2, 1834 Poor Laws May 2, 1838 Chartists May 2, 1838 Queen Victoria coronation May 2, 1845 Irish Potato Famine May 2, 1846 Corn Laws repealed May 2, 1859 Darwin's Origin of Species published May 2, 1867 Reform Act May 2, 1868 Gladstone becomes Prime Minister Dec 8, 1884 Reform Act Feb 20, 1889 Kipling's "White Man's Burden" May 5, 1901 Queen Victoria abdicates