Timeline of Lewisham and National events 1600 - 1699
17th Century | East India Company established in Deptford. |
1600 | Population of Britain just over 4 million. |
1600 | Elizabeth I grants charter to East India Company [in Deptford]. |
1601 | Elizabethan Poor Law charges the parishes with providing for the needy. Essex attempts rebellion, and is executed. |
1602 | Queen Elizabeth I visited Sir Richard Bulkeley at Sydmonscourt. Tradition has it that she lunched under the shade of an oak on the hill known as One Tree Hill between Forest Hill and Brockley. |
1603 | Elizabeth dies, James VI of Scotland also James I of England |
1604 | Hampton Court Conference: no relaxation by the Church towards Puritans. James I bans Jesuits. England and Spain make peace. |
1605 | Gunpowder Plot, fails to blow up Parliament and James I. |
1606 | The Union Flag adopted as the National Flag |
1606 | Addy and Stanhope School founded at new Cross |
1607 | Parliament rejects proposals for union between England and Scotland. Colony of Virginia is founded at Jamestown by John Smith. Henry Hudson begins voyage to eastern Greenland and Hudson River. |
1608 | First golf club the Royal Blackheath founded |
1610 | Hudson Bay discovered, Henry Hudson [voyage begun in 1607]. |
1610 | Abraham Colfe Vicar of Lewisham founds schools and alms-houses. |
1611 | James I's authorised version (King James Version) of the Bible is completed. English and Scottish Protestant colonists settle in Ulster. |
1614 | James I dissolves the "Addled Parliament" which has failed to pass any legislation. |
1614 | Haberdashers Company (founded in 1371 as a City Livery Company purchased Hatcham Manor for £7,180. |
1615 | Local Sydenham residents went to court to attempt to stop enclosure of the Common. |
1618 | Thirty Years' War begins, lasts until 1648 |
1619 | Map produced of Hatcham. |
1620 | The "Mayflower" lands Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, Cape Cod. |
1622 | James I dissolves Parliament for asserting its right to debate foreign affairs |
1623 | A map referred to 'Common Greene' (Deptford Green). |
1623 | John Evelyn Map of Deptford |
1624 | Alliance between James I and France. Parliament votes for war against Spain [1624 – 30]. Virginia becomes crown colony |
1625 | Charles I, King of England (1625-49), married Henrietta Maria, sister King of France. Charles I dissolves Parliament because it fails to vote him money. |
1626-9 | War with France |
1628 | Petition of Right. Charles I forced to accept Parliament's statement of civil rights in return for finances. |
1629 | Charles I dissolves Parliament and rules personally until 1640 |
1630 | England makes peace with France and Spain. |
1630 | Hatcham leased to Randolph Crew. |
1639 | First Bishops' War between Charles I and the Scottish Church, ends with Pacification of Dunse |
1640 | Charles I summons the "Short " Parliament, dissolved for refusal to grant money. Second Bishops' War; ends with Treaty of Ripon. The Long Parliament begins. |
1640s | Wells Park medicinal springs attracted the wealthy to visit and stay. |
1641 | Triennial Act requires Parliament to be summoned every three years. Star Chamber and High Commission abolished by Parliament. Catholics in Ireland revolt, some 30,000 Protestants massacred. Grand Remonstrance of Parliament to Charles I |
1642 | Charles I fails in attempt to arrest five members of Parliament and rejects Parliament's Nineteen Propositions. Civil War (until 1645) begins with battle of Edgehill between Cavaliers (Royalists) and Roundheads (Parliamentarians) |
1643 | Solemn League and Covenant is signed by Parliament |
1644 | Battle of Marston Moor. Oliver Cromwell defeats Prince Rupert. |
1645 | Formation of Cromwell's New Model Army. Battle of Naseby. Charles I defeated by Parliamentary forces |
1646 | Charles I surrenders to the Scots |
1647 | Scots surrender Charles I to Parliament, he escapes to the Isle of Wright. Charles I makes secret treaty with Scots. |
1648 | Scots invade England and are defeated by Cromwell at battle of Preston Pride's Purge. Presbyterians expelled from Parliament (known as the Rump Parliament). Treaty of Westphalia ends Thirty Years' War |
1649 | Charles I is tried and executed, Commonwealth begins (1649–60). Cromwell harshly suppresses Catholic rebellions in Ireland |
Mid 17th Century | Medicinal springs found at Wells Park, Sydenham. |
1650 | Charles II lands in Scotland; is proclaimed King. Cromwell's conquest of Scotland |
1651 | Charles II invades England and is defeated at Battle of Worcester. Charles escapes to France. First Navigation Act, gives England monopoly of foreign trade. |
1651 | Hatcham Manor described as including a manor house, orchard, dove house, stables, brick barn, winter pasture and other lands. |
1652 | Tea arrives for the first time in Britain |
1653 | Cromwell dissolves the "Rump" parliament and becomes Lord Protector |
1654 | Treaty of Westminster between England and Dutch Republic |
1655 | England divided into 12 military districts by Cromwell. Jamaica seized from Spain |
1656 | War with Spain (until 1659) |
1658 | Oliver Cromwell dies, his son Richard Lord Protector (1658–9). Battle of the Dunes, England and France defeat Spain. England gains Dunkirk |
1659 | Richard Cromwell forced to resign by the army; "Rump" Parliament restored |
1660 | Conventional Parliament restores the Monarchy under King Charles II. |
1660 | Hatcham leased to Thomas Pepys, brother of Samuel. |
1660s | Samuel Pepys visited Deptford on naval work. |
1661 | Clarendon Code. "Cavalier" Parliament of Charles II passes series of repressive laws against Nonconformists. English acquire Bombay |
1664-5 | The Great Plague breaks out and 100,000 people die in London |
1665 | Great Plague in London and up to 100,000 people die in London |
1666 | Great Fire of London |
1667 | Dutch fleet defeats the English in Medway river; treaties of Breda among Netherlands, England, France, and Denmark |
1668 | Triple Alliance of England, Netherlands, and Sweden against France |
1670 | Secret Treaty of Dover between Charles II of England and Louis XIV of France to restore Roman Catholicism to England. Hudson's Bay Company founded |
1672 | Third Anglo-Dutch war (until 1674). William III (of Orange) becomes ruler of Netherlands. |
1672 | Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia [1672 – 1725] During his tour of 1697-8 he spent several months in early 1698, studying shipbuilding at the Royal Dockyard. He lived at John Evelyn’s House, Sayes Court, which he and his attendant nearly destroyed. [Plaque private 146 Deptford High Street] |
1673 | Test Act aims to deprive English Roman Catholics and Nonconformists of public office |
1677 | Treaty of Westminster between England and the Netherlands |
1678 | William III, ruler of the Netherlands, marries Mary, daughter of James, Duke of York, heir to the English throne |
1679 | 'Popish Plot' in England. Titus Oates falsely alleges a Catholic plot to murder Charles II. |
1681 | Act of Habeas Corpus passed, forbidding imprisonment without trial. Parliament's Bill of Exclusion against the Roman Catholic Duke of York blocked by Charles II. Parliament dismissed. Charles II rejects petitions calling for a new Parliament. Petitioners become known as Whigs; their opponents (royalists) known as Tories. |
1682 | Boone’s Almhouses, Lee built (demolished in 1875 only the old Chapel remains). |
1685 | James II of England and VII of Scotland (to 1688). Rebellion by Charles II's illegitimate son, the Duke of Monmouth, against James II is put down. |
1685 | Pentland Place, Lee built (many later additions). |
1686 | James II disregards Test Act; Roman Catholics appointed to public office |
1687 | James II issues Declaration of Liberty of Conscience, extends toleration to all religions |
1688 | England's 'Glorious Revolution'. William III of Orange is invited to save England from Roman Catholicism, lands in England. James II flees to France |
1689 | Convention Parliament issues Bill of Rights; establishes a constitutional monarchy in Britain and bars Roman Catholics from the throne. William III and Mary II become joint monarchs of England and Scotland (to 1694). Toleration Act grants freedom of worship to dissenters in England. Grand Alliance of the League of Augsburg, England, and the Netherlands |
1690 | Sydenham then known as Sidenham. |
1692 | William III massacres the Jacobites at Glencoe |
1693 | Oldest building in the borough Old Vicarage, Lewisham built. |
1695 | Morden College built on site of Wricklemarsh Estate, Blackheath. |
1697 | Deptford docks employed 697 men. |
1697/8 | Peter the Great lived at Sayes Court whilst learning ship design at Royal Dock. [See 1672 for more details] |
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