Maw, Charles

Male Abt 1677 - 1682  (5 years)  


Chart width:      Refresh

Timeline



 
 
 




   Date  Event(s)
1677 
  • 1677—1677: Lee's Collection of Names of Merchants in London' published
1678 
  • 1678—1678: Extension of Test Act to peers
1679 
  • 1679—1679: Tories first so named
  • 27 May 1679—27 May 1679: Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to time)
1680 
  • 1680—1680: William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
  • 1680—1680: Dodo becomes extinct in Mauritius through over-hunting
1681 
  • 1681—1681: Second Test Act (against non-conformists) passed by Westminster Parliament
  • 1681—1681: Oil lighting first used in London streets
1682 
  • 1682—1682: Pennsylvania founded by William Penn
  • 1682—1682: Library of Advocates founded in Edinburgh - later National Library of Scotland
  • 1682—1682: Halley observes the comet which bears his name