English History Timeline

By margareto

  • James I takes the throne.

    Elizabeth had no child, and her closest relative was her cousin, James Stuart.
    James inherited the unsettled issues of Elizabeth's reign. He agreed to a new translation of the Bible, he refused to make Puritan reforms.

  • Charles I signs the Petition of Right

    Charles was forced to call Parliament again.Charles and the Parliament refused to grant him any money until he signed a document that is known as the Petition of Right, The document stated : He would not imprison subjects without due cause, He would not levy taxes without Parliament's consent, He would not house soldiers in private homes, He would not impose martial law in peacetime.

  • English Civil War occurs

    It was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians and Royalists. The first (1642–46) and second (1648–49) civil wars pitted the supporters of King Charles I against the supporters of the Long Parliament, while the third war (1649–51) saw fighting between supporters of King Charles II and supporters of the Rump Parliament. The Civil War ended with the Parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on 3 September 1651.

  • Charles I faces a rebellion in Scotland

    A problem in Scotland brought an abrupt end to Charles' 11 years of personal rule and unleashed the forces of civil war upon England. Charles attempted to force a new prayer book on the Scots, which resulted in rebellion. Charles' forces were ill prepared due to lack of proper funds, causing the king to call, first, the Short Parliament, and finally the Long Parliament. King and Parliament again reached no agreement.

  • Charles I is tried for treason and hanged

    Cromwell's New Model Army defeated the Cavaliers. By the following year, the Puritans held the king prisoner. Cromwell and the Puritans brought Charles to trial for treason, and they found him guilty and sentenced him to death

  • Oliver Cromwell invades Ireland

    Cromwell tore up the document and ruled as a military dictator.-Oliver Cromwell and Ireland, Cromwell landed on Irish shores with an army and crushed the uprising. The lands and homes of the Irish were taken from them and given to English soldiers. Fighting, plague, and famine killed an estimated 616,000 Irish.

  • Oliver Cromwell abolishes the Parliament

    In 1655 he dissolved Parliament and ruled the country with the army, dividing the country into eleven districts each ruled by a major general. In 1657 the Protectorate Parliament offered Cromwell the title of King but he refused it, preferring to govern with the consent of the people rather than through hereditary right or passage.

  • Charles II restored to the throne.

    James I died and Charles II took the throne, he was called to the parliment again. This time it refused to grant him any money until he signed a document that is known as the Petition of Right. In this petition, the king agreed to four points: He would not imprison subjects without due cause, he would not levy taxes without Parliament's consent, he would not house soldiers in private homes, and he would not impose martial law in peacetime.

  • James II comes to the throne

    In 1660 James married Anne Hyde (1637–1671, mother of Mary II and Anne) and in 1673 Mary of Modena (mother of James Edward Stuart). He became a Catholic in 1671, which led first to attempts to exclude him from the succession, then to the rebellions of Monmouth and Argyll, and finally to the Whig and Tory leaders' invitation to William of Orange to take the throne in 1688.

  • Habeas Corpus is passed

    The Act is often wrongly described as the origin of the writ of habeas corpus, which had existed for at least three centuries before. The Act of 1679 followed an earlier act of 1640, which established that the command of the King or the Privy Council was no answer to a petition of habeas corpus.

  • Glorious Revolution occurs

    Charles II died, and James II became king. James, the Parliament, and Mary, Seven members of Parliament invited William and Mary to overthrow James for the sake of Protestantism. A constitutional monarchy was created.

  • English Bill Of Rights is Signed

    The kingdom had too much power, so they had to limit some of it, causing the bills of rights to come in place.The Parliament and the royal family.They created a constitutional monarchy and vowed to govern the people of this kingdom of England, according to the statutes in Parliament agreed on and the laws and customs of the same. The usuals were put in place:No suspending of Parliament's laws, no levying of taxes without a specific grant from Parliament.