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Jun 19, 1215
Magnacarta
• Only three of the original clauses in the Magna Carta are still law. One defends the freedom and rights of the English church, another confirms the liberties and customs of London and other towns, and the third paved the way for trial by jury by stating that no man could be arrested and put in prison. -
Apr 1, 1346
Black Plague
A plague epidemic swept through Europe from 1348 through 1351, killing an estimated 25–60% of Europeans. Some estimates are as high as 2/3 of the population. About 75-200 million people died. -
Jul 19, 1566
James The First
James became king of England aged 37. At the English court, his appearance was a source of comment, though not criticism.In Scotland, James never had full control of the country. He married Anne of Denmark in 1589. -
Oliver Cromwell
When war broke out in 1648, Cromwell marched to crush a Royalist uprising in South Wales while Fairfax dealt with the Royalists in Kent and Essex. Cromwell then went north to take command of Parliament's forces against the Duke of Hamilton's Engager army and their English Royalist allies. -
Charles the First recalls Parliament
Charles I was born in 1600 in Fife, Scotland. Charles was the second son of James I. His older brother, Henry, died in 1612. Like Henry VIII, Charles I became king of England in 1625. He was the second of the Stuart kings. -
Pitition of Rights
The Petition of Rights was approved by Charles I in June 7, 1628. As it was not drawn in the common form of an act of parliament, it was so called. It is one of the four great charters of British liberty. It recited that by the laws of England subjects "should not be compelled to contribute to any tax, tallage, aid or any like charge not set by common consent in parliament"; yet the people of England were required to lend certain sums to the crown and many of them -
The Long Parliament
The Long Parliament sat throughout the First and Second Civil wars until December 1648, when it was purged by the New Model Army. The Long Parliament was reinstated in February 1660 after the fall of the Cromwellian Protectorate and was formally dissolved on 16 March 1660. -
The Civil War
The English Civil War started in 1642 when Charles I raised his royal standard in Nottingham. Armies didnt travel very fasts and the time taken to collect the most basic of equipment meant that there were long periods of time when no fighting was taking place despite England being at war at the time. -
trial of charles 1
He was to be tried by 135 judges who would decide if he was guilty or not. In fact only 68 turned up for the trial. Those that did not were less than happy about being associated with the trial of the king. In fact, there were plenty of MPs in Parliament who did not want to see the king put on trial but in December 1648, these MPs had been stopped from going into Parliament by a Colonel Pride who was helped by some soldiers. -
The Restoration Under Charles 2
In April 1660, elections had been held and a Convention met with the House of Lords. The Parliament invited Charles to return, and he arrived on 25 May.The bitterness left from the Civil Wars and Charles I's execution, there were few detailed negotiations over the conditions of Charles II's restoration to the throne. -
Test Act
In England, Scotland, and Ireland the Test Acts were a series of English laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics -
James 2 Rules
Born in 1633 and named after his grandfather James I, James II grew up in exile after the Civil War. James became King James II on 1685.When his second wife, Mary of Modena, gave birth on 10 June 1688 to a son it seemed that a Roman Catholic dynasty would be established. -
Bill of Rights
The English Bill of Rights limited the power of the English sovereign, and was written as an act of Parliament. As part of what is called the “Glorious Revolution,” The King and Queen William and Mary accepted the English Bill of Rights as a condition of their rule. -
Glorious Revolution
William was both James’s nephew and his son-in-law, and, until the birth of James’s son, his wife, Mary, was heir apparent. William’s saw the French's power in Europe, and he welcomed England's help. He advanced slowly on London, as support went away from James II. -
French Revolution
The Revolution took place in France when the controller general of finances, arranged the summoning of an assembly of “notables” (prelates, great noblemen, and a few representatives of the bourgeoisie) in February 1787 to propose reforms designed to eliminate the budget deficit by increasing the taxation of the privileged classes.
