1378. Wycliffe's Bible; Lollards (S254)
1381. Revolt of the Labor Class (S251)
1390. Chaucer writes (S253)
*1393. Great Act of Praemunire (S243)
1455. Wars of the Roses (SS299, 316)
1477. Caxton introduces Printing (S306)
1485. Battle of Bosworth Field (S315)
1497. Cabot discovers America (S335)
1509. The New Learning (S339)
*1534. The Act of Supremacy (S349)
1536. The Monasteries destroyed (S352)
*1549. Protestantism established (S362)
*1554. Mary restores Catholicism (S370)
1558. Rise of the Puritans (S378)
1559. Act of Uniformity (S382)
1582, 1605. Bacon's New Philosophy (S393)
1587. Mary Queen of Scots executed (S397)
1588. Destruction of the Armada (S400)
1588. Rise of the English Navy (SS401, 408)
1589(?). Shakespeare's First Play (S392)
1601. The First Poor Law (SS403, 607)
1604. The "Divine Right of Kings" (S419)
1607. Virginia permanently settled (S421)
1611. The "King James Bible" (S418)
1622. First Regular Newspaper (S422)
*1628. The Petition of Right (S433)
1642. The Great Civil War (S441)
*1649. Charles I beheaded; the Commonwealth established (SS448, 450)
1651. Navigation Act (S459)
1660. Restoration of Monarchy (S467)