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This page presents a timeline of events in English and Scottish history from 1600 until 1699. 1603 – Death of Queen Elizabeth I on 24 March. 1603 England – James VI of Scotland crowned King of England (as James I of England) 1603 England – Plague. 1605 England and Scotland – on 5 November, the Gunpowder plot is uncovered, in which Guy ...
Timeline of English history. This is a timeline of English history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in England and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of England . Prehistory: Mesolithic/Neolithic periods • Bronze/Iron Ages.
1st century BC. Roman General Julius Caesar invades Great Britain for the first time, gaining a beachhead on the coast of Kent . Caesar invades for the second time, gaining a third of the country. These two invasions are known as Caesar's invasions of Britain .
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In 1588 the English fleet defeats the Spanish Armada and establishes the superiority of English ships and seamanship. England is now ready to enter the race for overseas trade and possessions.
Elizabeth I grants a charter to the East India Company, which begins establishing trading posts in India.
Elizabeth’s successor is James I. After succeeding to the throne in 1603 he lays plans to colonize North America. The first permanent English settlement on the continent is Jamestown Colony, Virginia, founded in 1607.
The great Navigation Act is passed. This and other Navigation Acts eventually create a closed economy between Britain and its colonies. All colonial exports have to be shipped on English ships to the British market, and all colonial imports have to come by way of England.
An expedition sent by Oliver Cromwell wrests control of Jamaica from Spain. English settlers bring in vast numbers of enslaved Africans to work the sugar estates on the island.
The first permanent British settlement on the African continent is made at James Island (later Kunta Kinteh Island) in the Gambia River, which becomes a key post in the transatlantic slave trade.
The Dutch trade New Amsterdam (New York City) for a British island in Southeast Asia.
By this time there are British American colonies in New England, Virginia, and Maryland and settlements in the Bermudas, Honduras, Antigua, Barbados, and Nova Scotia, Canada.
British colonial administrator Robert Clive overthrows the nawab, or ruler, of Bengal in the Battle of Plassey on June 23. This victory makes Clive the virtual master of Bengal.
Nov 15, 2023 · Here is a list of important dates in the development of the English language. The selection of events is my own, and the dates are approximate in some cases, but it gives at least some idea of the time-scales involved, and puts the developments into some sort of perspective. c. 6000 BC.
Tudors (1485 - 1603) An era of change and triumph, from Henry VIII's Reformation to Elizabeth and the Armada. Go to Tudors. Civil War and Revolution (1603 - 1714) The Gunpowder Plot failed, but the...
