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The English Civil War began (see timeline of the English Civil War). 1649: January: Trial and execution of Charles I: 1649: Interregnum began with the First Commonwealth. 1650 4 November William III, the future king of England (r. 1689-1702), is born to parents William II of Orange and Mary of England. 1653–1659
This is a timeline of British history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England, History of Wales, History of Scotland, History of Ireland, Formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and History of the United Kingdom
ChronoZoom is a timeline for Big History being developed for the International Big History Association by Microsoft Research and University of California, Berkeley Asian Studies online: a timeline of major developments
1660 – The four-year-old Charles XI became King of Sweden upon his father's death.; 1891 – Frances Coles was killed in the last of eleven unsolved murders of women that took place in or near the impoverished Whitechapel district in the East End of London.
The Elizabethan era was the epoch in English history of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558–1603). Historians often depict it as the golden age in English history. The symbol of Britannia was first used in 1572 and often thereafter to mark the Elizabethan age as a renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international ...
March–April: Birmingham campaign, a key event in the 1954-1968 Civil rights movement; March 22: The Beatles' first record, "Please Please Me", and the beginnings of the British Invasion. May 8: Beginning of the Buddhist crisis in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. May 27: Bob Dylan releases The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan. June 21: Paul VI ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history; For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history; For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history
The English Parliament constituency of Westminster is established. [41] St Giles-without-Cripplegate church is rebuilt. [56] 1547 28 January: King Henry VIII dies at the Palace of Whitehall. His 9-year-old son and successor Edward VI [23] is brought to Elsyng Palace at Enfield Town, where his half-sister Elizabeth I is living, and they are told ...