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4th January 1642: Charles I attempts to arrest the Five Members

  • 4th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Charles I, England, English Civil War, Parliament, Politics

On the 4th January 1642, Charles I attempted and failed to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War and his own eventual execution for treason.

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17th November 1558: Queen Elizabeth I’s reign begins after the death of Mary I

  • 17th November 2019
  • Tagged as: Armada, Catholicism, Elizabeth I, Elizabethan, England, Henry VIII, James I and VI, Monarchy, Parliament, Protes, Shakespeare, Spain

On the 17th November 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary to become queen of England.

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17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies

  • 17th August 2019
  • Tagged as: Law, Marriage, Parliament, Religion

Parliament passed the Marriage Act that legalised civil marriages and introduced their formal registration.

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14th June 1645: The Battle of Naseby fought in the English Civil War

  • 14th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Charles I, Civil War, England, English Civil War, Monarchy, Oliver Cromwell, Parliament, Royalist

The Battle of Naseby, a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, was fought between the Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army.

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7th June 1628: Petition of Right ratified by King Charles I

  • 7th June 2019
  • Tagged as: Charles I, Civil War, Constitution, England, English Civil War, Government, Ireland, Magna Carta, Parliament, Scotland, Tax

On the 7th June 1628, the Petition of Right was approved by King Charles I.

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10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel

  • 10th April 2019
  • Tagged as: Britain, Industry, Parliament

On the 10th April 1858 Big Ben – the bell inside the clocktower at the Palace of Westminster in Britain – was cast.

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19th December 1783: William Pitt the Younger becomes Britain’s youngest ever Prime Minister

  • 19th December 2018
  • Tagged as: Britain, George III, Parliament, Pitt the Younger, Prime Minister

William Pitt the Younger became the youngest ever Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.

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3rd November 1534: English Parliament passes the Act of Supremacy

  • 3rd November 2018
  • Tagged as: Act of Supremacy, Catholicism, Church, Church of England, England, Henry VIII, Papacy, Parliament, Pope, Protestantism, Reformation, Religion

The Parliament of England passed the First Act of Supremacy which made Henry VIII the head of the Church of England.

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19th August 1991: August Coup places Gorbachev under house arrest

  • 19th August 2018
  • Tagged as: Coup, Government, Military, Parliament, Politics, Revolution, Russia, USSR

On the 19th August 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev, the President of the Soviet Union, was placed under house arrest in what is known as the August Coup.

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