1534	The Act of Supremacy : creation of the Church of England
1536	the Act for the Union of England and Wales
1558	the loss of Calais
1559	the Elizabethan Settlement of Religion
1560	Irish Act of Uniformity
1580s	English pirates like Francis Drake plunder Spanish property
1588	defeat of Great armada
1603	personal union
1604	the Speech of English Parliament ; abrogation mutually hostile laws, introduction free trade
1614	the Addled Parliament ; dissolution of the Parliament between granting subsidies to the crown
1624	The Monopolies Act - all existing monopolies void
1628	Petition of Right : definition and limitation of the royal prerogative
1639	the first Bishops War
1640	the second Bishops War
1640 april may	the Short Parliament
1640 november	the Long Parliament (till 1660)
1641	Triennial Act - automatic reassemblance of the Parliament after three years if not summoned by king
1641 December	Grand Remonstrance - document concerning demands of opportunity
1641-49	the Irish Rising
1642-51	Civil War
1642	battle of Edgehill: royalists win
1644	Self-Denying Ordinance : forbidding anyone from being simultaneously an MP and a military commander
1645	battle of Naseby ; Charles II captured
1649	the Commonwealth and Free State ; legisl : one chamber parliament, executive : the Council of State
1651	battle of Warcester ; last battle of the War
1653	Oliver Cromwell - the Lord Protector
1658	Richard Cromwell - the Lord Protector
1660	the Declaration of Breda ; Charles II : general pardon and amnesty, religious toleration
1661	coronation of Charles II as King of England, Ireland and France
1661-1679	the Cavalier Parliament - Clarendon Code, the Act od Uniformity
1673	Test Act
1679	habeus corpus act - guaranteed inviolability
1687	Declaration of Indulgence (wyrozumiałość) - Protestants and Catholics can worshi
1688-89	Glorious Revolution
1689	Bill of Rights ; the right to free elections, regular Parliaments, free debate in the Parliament
1701	the Act of Settlement ; House of Stuarts < House of Hannover
1706	Bill of Union ; Scotland is broke, dissolution of Scotish Parliament, promise of large sums of money
1707	United Kindom
1714	George I from hannover dynasty