Timelines in History
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Ed. Note: Please note that this Combs &c. Research Report is new and incomplete, and that precedence has been given to moments in history directly affecting our Combs &c. Ancestors. Both additional entries and "sub-timelines" are planned as is the addition of applicable links.
English Regnal Dates
- 1066 Battle of Hastings (Norman Conquest of England by William, Duke of Normandy)
- 1085 Engish Domesday Surveys Commence
- 1087 William II is crowned King of England
- 1100 Henry I is crowned King of England
- 1107 King Alexander is crowned King of Scotland
- 1124 King Alexander dies at Stirling Castle, is succeeded by King David
- 1135 Stephen is crowned King of England
- 1138 King David of Scotland defeated by England at the Battle of the Standard
- 1139 David is recognized as King of an independent Scotland by King Stephen
- 1154 Henry II is crowned King of England
- 1169 1st Norman settlers arrive in County Wicklow, Ireland
- 1171 Henry II conquers Ireland (1171-2)
- 1189 Richard I is crowned King of England
- 1199 John is crowned King of England
- 1215 King John signs English Magna Carta
- 1216 Henry III is crowned King of England
- 1249 University, 1st college of Oxford University, is founded
- 1272 Edward I is crowned King of England
- 1284 Peterhouse, 1st college of Cambridge University, is founded
- 1307 Edward II is crowned King of England
- 1314 Robert Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Bannockburn
- 1327 Edward III is crowned King of England
- 1347 Bubonic Plague strikes Europe
- 1337 Edward III claims the French crown (onset of 100 Years War: 1337-1453)
- 1377 Richard II is crowned King of England
- 1381 Wat Tyler leads Peasants Revolt in England
- 1399 Henry IV is crowned King of England
- 1413 Henry V is crowned King of England
- 1422 Henry VI is crowned King of England (1 Sep 1422 - 4 Mar 1461; and 9 Oct 1470 - 14 Apr 1471)
- 1438 Worshipful Company of Drapers, London, is granted a Charter of Incorporation
- 1461 Edward IV (4 Mar 1461 - 9 Apr 1483) is crowned King of England
- 1483 Edward V (9 Apr 1483 - 25 Jun 1483) is crowned King of England
- 1483 Richard III (26 Jun 1483 - 22 Aug 1485) is crowned King of England
- 1485 Henry VII (22 Aug 1485 - 21 Apr 1509) is crowned King of England
- 1492 Christopher Columbus lands in Americas
- 1509 Henry VIII (22 Apr 1509 - 28 Jan 1547) is crowned King of England
- 1534 Henry VIII breaks with Rome; makes himself head of English Church
- 1534 Jacques Cartier makes first expedition to settle in Canada
- 1541 Henry VIII declares himself King of Ireland
- 1543 Mary Queen of Scots is crowned (Queen of Scotland)
- 1547 Edward VI (28 Jan 1547 - 6 Jul 1553) is crowned King of England
- 1553 Mary (6 Jul 1553 - 24 Jul 1554) is crowned Queen of England
- 1554 Philip & Mary (25 Jul 1554 - 17 Nov 1558) are crowned King & Queen of England
- 1558 Elizabeth I (17 Nov 1558 - 24 Mar 1602/3) is crowned Queen of England
- 1562 Elizabethan Wars in Ireland
- 1567 King James VI is crowned King of Scotland
- 1577 Francis Drake sails around the world (1577-1580)
- 1582 University of Edinborough is founded
- 1585 1st Roanoke Island (now North Carolina) settlement by Sir Walter Raleigh fails
- 1587 Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded
- 1588 English Fleet defeats the Spanish Armada (29 Jul O.S.)
- 1591 Trinity College founded in Dublin, Ireland
- 1603 James VI of Scotland (24 Mar 1602/3 - 27 Mar 1625) is crowned King James I of England
- 1603 Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (Ireland), surrenders; English law is enforced in Ireland
- 1605 Gunpowder Plot fails (Guy Fawkes' aborted attempt to blow up Parliament)
- 1606 James I of England authorizes first American colonial charters (London and Plymouth Companies)
- 1606 England confiscates land in the six counties of Ulster, Ireland
- 1607 James I grants charter (its 2nd) to the Worshipful Company of Drapers
- 1607 Jamestown (Virginia) is founded
- 1608 Quebec, Canada colony is founded by the French
- 1609 James I authorizes second Virginia Company Charter. John Combe is an investor
- 1612 James I authorizes third Virginia Company Charter
- 1613 English and Scots are "planted" in Ulster
- 1616 William Shakespeare dies at Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire
- 1620 The Mayflower arrives at Plymouth Colony
- 1621 Charter granted to Sir William Alexander of Menstrie to colonise Nova Scotia
- 1622 Patent issued to Sir Ferdinando Gorges for Maine
- 1622 1st Jamestown massacre, William Combe is among the dead; Virginia Company goes into receivership
- 1624 Virginia Company charter is revoked
- 1625 Charles I is crowned King of England
- 1625 St. Christopher (Caribbean) settled by the French
- 1626 Dutch found New Amsterdam
- 1628 Petition of Right, England: Parliament curtails the King's powers
- 1629 George Calvert, 1st Lord Baltimore, left Avalon, Newfoundland for visit to Virginia
- 1629 Charles I attempts to rule England without Parliament (1629-1640)
- 1629 Massachussetts Colony is founded
- 1631 Kent Island, Maryland settled by Virginians under William Claiborne
- 1632 Charles I grants charter to Cecilius Calvert, 2nd Lord Baltimore, for Province of Maryland
- 1633 The Ark and the Dove sets sail for Maryland from Cowes, England.
- 1635 Province of New Hampshire granted to Capt. John Mason
- 1635 Leonard Calvert, a Catholic, is Maryland's first governor (brother of George, Lord Baltimore).
- 1636 Rhode Island Colony is founded by Roger Williams
- 1636 Harvard College is founded in Massachussetts.
- 1638 George Willys is appointed Governor of Connecticut.
- 1639 Charles I grants royal charter to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, now lord of the proprietary of Maine
- 1639 Pacification of Berwick (Charles I retreats and recognizes independent Scot Parliament)
- 1641 Ulster Irish rebel against English, John Archdale is among those killed
- 1642 Civil War erupts in England, Scotland and Ireland (1641-1647)
- 1642 Sir William Berkeley is appointed Governor of Virginia Colony, begins 6-year persecution of Puritans
- 1644 Scots covenant with English Parliament for establishment of a Presbyterian Church in Enland
- 1644 2nd Jamestown massacre
- 1645 Ingle's Rebellion in Maryland
- 1646 Charles I surrenders to Lord Leven
- 1646 Bahamas colonised by the English
- 1648 Charles I of England is beheaded at Whitehall (30 Jan 1648/9)
- 1649 English Commonwealth Period (Interregnum) commences (1649-1660)
- 1649 Oliver Cromwell lands at Dublin; imposes English authority on Ireland; pays the soldiers and investors in Parliament's Army with land confiscated from Catholics (both native and Anglo-Irish).
- 1649 William Stone, a Protestant, is appointed governor of Maryland
- 1649 Maryland enacts an Act Concerning Religion (religious tolerance)
- 1650 Catholic landowners in Ireland are banished to Connaught.
- 1650 Charles II of England crowned King of Scotland (1 Jan 1650/1)
- 1651 Charles II defeated by Cromwell's forces at Battle of Worcester
- 1652 Cromwell appoints Sir William Petty to involuntarily transport thousands of Irish to Barbados and other West Indies islands.
- 1652 Parliamentary Fleet lies off Jamestown. Gov. Berkeley surrenders governance.
- 1653 Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of England, Scotland & Ireland
- 1654 A civil survey of major landholders in Ireland is recorded (1654-1656)
- 1655 English capture Jamaica from Spanish
- 1655 Virginians defeat Maryland Gov. Stone's forces at Battle of the Severn.
- 1660 Charles II is crowned King of England (29 May 1660 - 6 Feb 1685) (Restoration)
- 1661 The Duke of Ormond is appointed Viceroy (ruler) of Ireland (1661-1668)
- 1661 Sir William Berkeley is elected governor of Virginia
- 1663 Charles II grants charter for Carolina Colonies
- 1663 Hearth money rolls registered in Ireland for property owners
- 1664 English capture New Amsterdam from the Dutch (and rename it New York)
- 1676 Bacon's Rebellion. In retaliation for an attack by Berkeley, Bacon burns Jamestown.
- 1678 About 100 Irish families sail from Barbados to Virginia & the Carolinas
- 1679 Christopher Lovett is elected Lord Mayor of Dublin
- 1681 LaSalle founds Louisiana
- 1682 Pennsylvania granted to William Penn
- 1685 James II is crowned King of England
- 1688 William of Orange invades southwest England (Nov 1688)
- 1688 James II of England flees to France (11 Dec 1688)
- 1689 William III & Mary II (13 Feb 1688/9 - 27 Dec 1694) are crowned King and Queen of England
- 1689 Protestants revolt in Maryland (1689-90). Associators rule from 1690-1692.
- 1690 William III of England defeats James II of Scotland (erstwhile England) at Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
- 1694 William III (28 Dec 1694 - 8 Mar 1702) is crowned King of England
- 1695 John Archdale appointed governor of Carolinas
- 1702 Anne (8 Mar 1702 - 1 Aug 1714) is crowned Queen of England
- 1707 Act of Union unites England and Scotland
- 1713 Treaties of Utrecht - Britain acquires Nova Scotia (Acadia) and Hudson Bay (New York)
- 1714 George I (1 Aug 1714 - 11 Jun 1727) is crowned King of England
- 1715 1st Jacobite uprising in England (a failed attempt to restore Stuarts)
- 1718 City of New Orleans (Louisiana) founded
- 1727 George II (11 Jun 1727 - 25 Oct 1760) is crowned King of England
- 1733 Georgia Colony is founded
- 1745 2nd Jacobite uprising in England (a failed attempt by Bonnie Prince Charles)
- 1754 French-Indian War in North America (1754-1763)
- 1756 Seven Years War (Britain & Prussia vs. France, Austria & Russia)
- 1760 George III (25 Oct 1760 - 29 Jan 1820) is crowned King of England
- 1765 Stamp Act imposed on American Colonies by the English
- 1773 Boston Tea Party (revolt against British taxes)
- 1776 American Colonies declare their independence from England
- 1781 Cornwallis surrenders at York
- 1783 Revolutionary War officially ends (Treaty of Paris)
- 1788 1st convicts shipped to Botony Bay, Australia
- 1789 George Washington elected 1st President of U.S.
- 1793 1st free British settlers to Australia
- 1798 Wolfe Tone organizes Irish revolt against England (1798-99)
- 1798 John Adams elected 2nd President of U.S.
- 1799 Harvey Christian Combe is elected Lord Mayor of London
- 1801 Thomas Jefferson elected 3rd President of U.S.
- 1805 England bests France at Battle of Trafalgar
- 1807 Britain ends slave trade
- 1812 War of 1812 between U.S. and Britain (1812-1815)
- 1815 England bests France at Battle of Waterloo (final defeat of Napoleon)
- 1820 George IV is crowned King of England (29 Jan 1820 - 26 Jun 1830)
- 1830 William IV is crowned King of England (29 Jun 1830 - 20 Jun 1837)
- 1833 England abolishes slavery
- 1836 Texas wins independence from Mexico
- 1837 Victoria is crowned Queen of England (20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901)
- 1837 Canadian Rebellion (for reform)
- 1840 British and Maoris sign treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand
- 1844 British Factory Act passes
- 1850 1st transfer of power by British to Australians (1850-1856 self-government)
- 1861 Civil War breaks out in U.S. (1861-1865)
- 1865 13th Amendment outlaws slavery in U.S.
- 1867 Britain makes Canada a dominion
- 1901 Edward VII is crowned King of England (22 Jan 1901 - 6 May 1910)
- 1906 Cuba occupied by U.S. forces
- 1907 New Zealand becomes a dominion
- 1910 George V is crowned King of England (6 May 1910 - 20 Jan 1936)
- 1914 World War I commences (1914-1918)
- 1916 Easter uprising in Ireland
- 1917 Irish Republican constitution adopted
- 1921 Irish Free State founded (independent member of British Commonwealth)
- 1922 Irish Civil War - Public Records Office and Four Courts destroyed by fire
- 1935 Passage of Social Security Act in U.S.
- 1936 Edward VIII is crowned King of England (20 Jan 1936 - abdicates 11 Dec 1936)
- 1936 George VI is crowned King of England (11 Dec 1936 - 6 Feb 1952)
- 1939 World War II commences (1939-1945)
- 1949 Britain recognizes independence of Ireland
- 1952 Elizabeth II is crowned Queen of England (6 Feb 1952 -)
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