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| 1 | 1553 | - 1553: Mary I Queen of England 1553 - 1558
- 1553: Lady Jane Grey whose reign lasted only 9 days executed Feb 12 1554
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| 2 | 1558 | - 1558: Elizabeth I Queen of England 1558 - 1603
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| 3 | 1572 | - 1572: Arrival of Hugenots from France many settle in the Coventry area
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| 4 | 1601 | - 1601: Poor law act effectively puts responsibility for poor relief on the Parish.
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| 5 | 1603 | - 1603: James I King of England 1603 - 1625
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| 6 | 1605 | |
| 7 | 1616 | - 1616: Death of Shakespeare
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| 8 | 1620 | - 1620: Dud Dudley of Tipton Green patents the manufacture of coke used in Iron Smelting
- 1620: The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth for New England
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| 9 | 1625 | - 1625: Charles I King of England 1625 - 1653
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| 10 | 1629 | - 1629: Parliament dissolved by King Charles I
did not meet for 11 Years
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| 11 | 1639 | - 1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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| 12 | 1642 | - 1642: 23 Oct 1632 English Civil War Battle of Edgehill Kineton Warwickshire Victory inconclusive
- 1642: Charles I raises his standard at Nottingham
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| 13 | 1643 | - 1643: 30 June 1643 English Civil War Battle of Adwalton Moor Birkenshaw Yorkshire Victor the Royalists
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| 14 | 1644 | - 1644: 31 Aug 1644 English Civil War Battle of Lostwithiel Cornwall Victor Royalists
- 1644: English Civil War Battle of Marson Moor, Long Marston Yorkshire Victor Royalists
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| 15 | 1645 | - 1645: 10 July 1645 English Civil War Battle of Langport Somerset Victo Parliament
- 1645: 14 June 1645 English Civil War Battle of Naseby, Northamptonshire Victor Parliament
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| 16 | 1649 | - 1649: Commonwealth Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell 1653 - 1658
- 1649: 20th Jan - 27 Jan 1649 Trial of Charles I in The Painted Chamber of the Palace of Westminster. Beheaded on 30th Jan and Buried at Windsor on 9th Jan
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| 17 | 1650 | - 1650: 3 Sept 1650 Second English Civil War Battle of Dunbar East Lothian Victory to Parliament
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| 18 | 1651 | - 1651: 3 Sept 1651 Second English Civil War Battle of Worcester Victor Parliament The final desisive Battle of the second civil war Charles II flees to France
- 1651: Scottish prisoners transported to the English settlements in America
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| 19 | 1653 | - 1653: 1653-1660 Provincial probate courts abolished - probates granted only in London
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| 20 | 1658 | - 1658: Commonwealth Protectorate of Richard Cromwell 1658 - 1659
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| 21 | 1659 | - 1659: Restoration of Monarchy
- 1659: Death of Oliver Cromwell
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| 22 | 1660 | - 1660: Charles II King of England 1660 - 1685
- 1660: Founding of the Honourable British East India Company
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