| 1603 | Accession of James I (King James VI of Scotland). |
| 1604 | Hampton Court Conference. |
| 1605 | Gunpowder Plot. |
| 1618 | Outbreak of Thirty Years War. |
| 1625 | Death of James I; accession of Charles I. |
| 1627 | Five Knights’ Case. |
| 1628 | Parliament meets. Petition of Right. |
| 1629 | England begins eleven-year period without a parliament. |
| 1633 | Appointment of Archbishop Laud. |
| 1634 | First levy of ship money. |
| 1637 | King wins Ship Money Case, 7 judges for, 5 against. |
| 1638 | Scottish National Covenant. |
| 1639 | First Bishops’ War. |
| 1640 | Short Parliament meets in April. Long Parliament meets in November. |
| 1641 | Uprising in Ireland, massacre of Protestants. |
| 1642 | Outbreak of civil war. |
| 1643 | Solemn League and Covenant. Scots enter war in England. |
| 1645 | New Model Army created. |
| 1646 | Charles surrenders. |
| 1647 | Charles captured by army. Army debates at Putney. |
| 1648 | Second civil war. Pride’s Purge. |
| 1649 | Charles tried and executed. Monarchy and House of Lords abolished. England declared a commonwealth. |
| 1650 | Engagement Oath required. Charles II and Scots defeated at Dunbar. |
| 1651 | Charles II and Scots defeated at Worcester. Charles flees to France. |
| 1653 | Cromwell expels the Rump Parliament. Instrument of Government drawn up. Cromwell becomes Lord Protector. |
| 1654 | First Protectorate Parliament. |
| 1655 | Penruddock’s uprising. |
| 1656 | Rule of Major Generals. Second Protectorate Parliament. |
| 1657 | Cromwell refuses crown. |
| 1658 | Cromwell dies. Richard Cromwell becomes Protector. |
| 1659 | Richard Cromwell resigns. Rump Parliament recalled. George Monck marches with army to London. |
| 1660 | Long Parliament recalled. Convention Parliament summoned. Charles II invited back. Monarchy restored. Trial of regicides. |
| 1661 | Cavalier parliament meets. Passage Militia Act, Corporation Act. |
| 1662 | Passage Uniformity Act. Trial of Sir Henry Vane. |
| 1670 | Secret Treaty between Charles II and Louis XIV. |
| 1672 | Charles issues Declaration of Indulgence. |
| 1673 | Test Act. |
| 1678 | Second Test Act. |
| 1680 | Exclusion Bill introduced. |
| 1683 | Rye House Plot. Trial of William Lord Russell, Algernon Sidney. Oxford decrees condemn all resistance. |
| 1685 | Charles II dies. Accession of James II. |
| 1687 | James II issues Declaration of Indulgence. |
| 1688 | Seven Bishops Trial. Arrival of William of Orange. Glorious Revolution. |
| 1689 | Convention Parliament meets. Bill of Rights. Accession of William and Mary. |
