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1681 - 16901681 Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster
Parliament Oil lighting first used in London streets 1682 Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh – later National Library of
Scotland 1683 June 6: Ashmolean Museum opened at Oxford – first museum in Britain Climate: Coldest 'Frost fair' in London 1684 Presbyterian settlement in Stuart's Town in South Carolina Huguenot registers begin in London 1685 Earl of Argyll's Invasion of Scotland James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) – Monmouth rebellion and battle
of Sedgemoor – British Army raised to 20,000 men Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes – 320 executed, 800 transported Revocation of the Edict of Nantes – drove thousands of Protestants (Huguenots) from France – many settled in England 1685 - 1750Johann Sebastian Bach German organist and composer 1685 - 1759 George Frideric Handel composer of German birth but English by naturalisation 1686 Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs 1688 February: Edward Lloyd's Coffee House – later became Lloyd's of London Nov: The Glorious Revolution: James II abdicates – William of
Orange lands in England – William of Hanover and Mary, daughter of James II,
jointly take the throne – (only William, however, has regal power) British Army raised to 40,000 Bill of Rights limits the powers of the monarchy over parliament Hearth Tax abolished Mutiny Act 1689 Deposed James VII & II flees to Ireland – defeated at the Battle of
the Boyne (1 July 1690) Earliest Royal Dutch Chapel registers Siege of Londonderry Toleration Act for Protestant non-conformists Battle of Killiecrankie in Scotland 1690 Great Synagogue founded Presbyterianism finally established in Scotland Battle of the Boyne
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