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10th April 1858: Big Ben, the bell inside the clock tower at the Palace of Westminster, was cast

  • 10th April 2023
  • Tagged as: Bell, Britain, Clock, England, London, Parliament, Time, Westminster
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The bell has chimed the hours almost non-stop since it first rang in July 1859, over a year after the bell itself was cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry.

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4th January 1642: Charles I of England attempts to arrest the Five Members of Parliament, prompting the English Civil War

  • 4th January 2023
  • Tagged as: Charles I, Civil War, England, English Civil War, Five Members, John Pym, Monarchy, Parliament, Politics

Charles I himself entered the House of Commons chamber – an act that was a huge violation of Parliamentary privilege – and sat in the Speaker’s chair to demand the Five Members be handed over to him.

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

  • 19th December 2022
  • 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 2022
  • 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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17th August 1836: Parliament passes the 1836 Marriage Act, allowing non-Anglican ceremonies

  • 17th August 2022
  • Tagged as: Law, Marriage, Parliament, Religion

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

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

  • 7th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Britain, Charles I, Constitution, England, Government, Law, Monarchy, Parliament, Petition of Right, Politics

The Petition of Right is a major British constitutional document that recognises four key principles of government: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.

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

  • 19th August 2021
  • 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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10th April 1858: The ‘Big Ben’ bell cast in Whitechapel

  • 10th April 2021
  • Tagged as: Britain, Industry, Parliament
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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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4th January 1642: Charles I attempts to arrest the Five Members

  • 4th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Charles I, England, English Civil War, Parliament, Politics
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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
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On the 17th November 1558, Elizabeth I succeeded her half-sister Mary to become queen of England.

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