Historical Events

Battle of Edgehill

1642 Battle of Edgehill (Warwickshire): King Charles I beat English parliamentarian forces

Meal Tub Plot

1679 Meal Tub Plot against James Duke of York (future James II of England)

Massachusetts Bay Charter Revoked

1684 English King Charles II revokes the Massachusetts Bay Colony charter due to repeated violations of the charter’s terms including trading with other countries and running an illegal mint

1702 Battle of Bay of Vigo: Dutch & English fleet destroy & occupy Spanish silver fleet & French squadron

Cotton Library Fire

1731 Library of manuscript collector Robert Cotton is badly damaged in a fire in London, lost are one of only two surviving copies of King John 's Magna Carta (1215) and Asser's biography of King Alfred [1]

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