Great fire

1603-1666

By TeamDianne

  • James I Succeeds Elizabeth

  • Period: to

    Early 17th Century

    Created by: Dianne Wade, Gabriel Carr, Heather Finch, Hannah Bean, and Caleb Siems

  • Shakespeare Publishes Othello

  • Shakespeare Publishes King Lear

  • Ben Johnson Publishes The Masque of Blackness

  • Francis Bacon Publishes The Advancement of Learning

  • Johnson Publishes Volpone

  • Shakespeare Publishes Macbeth

  • Failed Colony Jamestown Founded in Virgina

  • Shakespeare Publishes Sonnets

  • "Authorized" King James Bible is Published

  • Shakespeare Dies

  • Pilgrims Land at Plymouth

  • Shakespeare's Folio Published Post Mortem

  • King Charles I Succeeds James I

  • Anglo-Spanish War

  • Charles I Dissolves Parliment

  • Milton Publishes Lycidas

  • Archbhisop Laud Impeached

  • First Civil War

  • Oliver Cromwells New World Army Seizes Control of England

  • Charles I Executed

  • Monarchy Abolished/Republic Created

  • Hobbes Publishes Leviathon

  • Cromwell Made Lord Protector

  • Death of Cromwell

  • Charles II Becomes King

  • Restoration of Monarchy

  • The Great Plague (not Black Plague)

    This is a repeat of the 14th century Bubonic Plague outbreak.

  • The Great Fire of London

  • Margaret Cavendish Publishes The Blazing World

  • Milton Publishes Paradise Lost

  • Milton Dies

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