| 1486. | Cape of Good Hope discovered |
| 1492. | Columbus discovers the New World |
| 1517. | Luther makes his "Protest" |
| 1534. | Act of Supremacy |
| 1649. | Edward's VI's First Prayer Book |
| 1587. | Mary Queen of Scots executed |
| 1588. | Spanish Armada defeated |
| 1801. | First Poor Law |
| 1605. | Gunpowder Plot |
| 1620. | Puritans found New England (America) |
| 1628. | Petition of Right |
| 1638. | Scots sign National Covenant |
| 1642. | Civil War begins |
| 1649, | Trial and Execution of Charles I |
| 1655. | Jamaica captured |
| 1660-1665. | Acts against Nonconformists |
| 1678-1685. | Popery Plots and Riots |
| 1688. | William of Orange invited by the Whigs |
| 1689. | Bill of Rights secures triumph of Parliament |
| | Toleration Act—Toleration for Nonconformists |
| 1701. | Act of Settlement secures Protestant Succession |
| 1704. | Battle of Blenheim. Marlborough defeats the French |
| | Capture of Gibraltar by England |
| 1707. | Union of Scotland and England |