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Chronology
from Henry VIII to the Glorious Revolution
1587: Execution of Mary Stuart
1588: Defeat of the "invincible" Spanish Armada
1603: Accession of James I
1605: The Gunpowder Plot, organized by the Catholics against James I
1616: Death of Shakespeare
1620: The Mayflower Puritans found a colony in Massachusetts
1625: Accession of Charles I
1642: Outbreak of civil war
1649: Execution of Charles I
1653: Olivier Cromwell becomes Lord Protector
1660: Restoration of the monarchy
1665: The Great Plague in London
1666: The Great Fire of London
1679: Signature of the Habeas Corpus Act
1687: The Declaration of Indulgence guarantees freedom of worship
1689: The Glorious Revolution and accession of Mary and William II
