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The 1662 prayer book mandated by the 1662 Act of Uniformity was a slightly revised version of the previous book. [111] Many Puritans, however, were unwilling to conform to it. Around 900 ministers refused to subscribe to the new prayer book and were removed from their positions, an event known as the Great Ejection . [ 112 ]
When Elizabeth died, her closest male Protestant relative was the King of Scots, James VI, of the House of Stuart, who became King James I of England in a Union of the Crowns, called James I and VI. He was the first monarch to rule the entire island of Britain, but the countries remained separate politically.
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) [b] was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death in 1603. She was the last and longest reigning monarch of the House of Tudor.
9 May – Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London, the first on record. 14 May – Catherine of Braganza lands at Portsmouth. [1] 19 May – passage of Act of Uniformity 1662, approval of 1662 Book of Common Prayer; 16 May – hearth tax is introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
The history of Islam is believed by most historians [1] to have originated with Muhammad's mission in Mecca and Medina at the start of the 7th century CE, [2] [3] although Muslims regard this time as a return to the original faith passed down by the Abrahamic prophets, such as Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon, and Jesus, with the submission (Islām) to the will of God.
Christopher Marlowe's play The Tragicall History of D. Faustus (probably written and first performed between 1588/89 and Marlowe's death in 1593) is published in London. King James publishes A Counterblaste to Tobacco. Table Alphabeticall, the first known English dictionary to be organised by alphabetical ordering, is published.
Margaret Cavendish was the first person to develop an original theory of atomism in Britain. [53] She was also the first woman to be invited to attend a session of the Royal Society. [54] One member, John Evelyn, saw in Cavendish "a mighty pretender to learning, poetry, and philosophy". [55]
She became queen consort and empress consort of India in 1936, and in later life, after the death of her husband, she was known as Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. The Hon. Sir David Bowes-Lyon: 2 May 1902: 13 September 1961: 59 years: He married Rachel Clay in 1929, and had issue.