TIME LINE OF THE HOUSE OF STUART 1685 - 1689
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| 1685 | Charles II dies; Accession of James the Second, a Catholic succeeds (who died 1701). |
| Rebellion by Charles II's Protestant bastard, the duke of Monmouth and Argyll is crushed. | |
| Battle of Sedgemoor, July 6. | |
| The Bloody Circuit. | |
| Army raised to 20,000 men. | |
| Revocation of Edict of Nantes. | |
| 1686 | Test Act dispensed with royal authority. |
| Ecclesiastical Commission set up. | |
| 1687 | James II's Declaration of Indulgence; Tories proscribed; |
| Newton's Principia Mathematica published | |
| 1687 | The city of Chester was visited by James II |
| Isaac Newton publishes his " Principia Mathematica " | |
| Expulsion of the Fellows of Magdalen. | |
| Dismissal of Lords Rochester and Clarendon. | |
| Declaration of lndulgence. | |
| The Boroughs regulated. | |
| William of Orange protests against the Declaration. | |
| Tyrconnell made Lord Deputy in Ireland. | |
| 1688 | James II's son born |
| Clergy refuse to read the new Declaration of indulgence. | |
| Birth of James's son. | |
| Invitation to William (of Orange) | |
| Trial of the Seven Bishops. | |
| Irish troops brought over to England. | |
| Lewis attacks Germany. | |
| William of Orange arrives at Torbay, overthrows James II in the Glorious Revolution | |
| Flight of James II. | |
| The War of the League of Augsburg begins | |
| 1689 | Declaration of Rights settles succession to the throne and declares illegal various grievances; |
| Convention of Parliament. | |
