Abt 1540 -
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1 | 1547 | - 1547: Edward VI King of England 1547 - 1553
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2 | 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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3 | 1558 | - 1558: Elizabeth I Queen of England 1558 - 1603
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4 | 1572 | - 1572: Arrival of Hugenots from France many settle in the Coventry area
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5 | 1601 | - 1601: Poor law act effectively puts responsibility for poor relief on the Parish.
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6 | 1603 | - 1603: James I King of England 1603 - 1625
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7 | 1605 | |
8 | 1616 | - 1616: Death of Shakespeare
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9 | 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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10 | 1625 | - 1625: Charles I King of England 1625 - 1653
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11 | 1629 | - 1629: Parliament dissolved by King Charles I
did not meet for 11 Years
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12 | 1639 | - 1639: Act of Toleration in England established religious toleration
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13 | 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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14 | 1643 | - 1643: 30 June 1643 English Civil War Battle of Adwalton Moor Birkenshaw Yorkshire Victor the Royalists
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15 | 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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16 | 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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17 | 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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18 | 1650 | - 1650: 3 Sept 1650 Second English Civil War Battle of Dunbar East Lothian Victory to Parliament
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