| 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 |
