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Events Diary |
Interesting Events for Family Historians
| Year | Records and Events | Guides |
|---|---|---|
| 1086 | Domesday | |
| 1338 | Beginning of the 100 Year War between Britain & France | |
| 1349 | Black Death reaches England | |
| 1455 | Beginning of the War of the Roses | |
| 1485 | Commencement of the Tudor Period | |
| 1522 | Muster Rolls - the earliest known muster roll dates from 1522 although they were held for centurys before this date. | Research Guide |
| 1534 | Henry VIII becomes Head of the Church of England | |
| 1536 | Dissolution of the smaller monasteries | |
| 1536 | Pilgrimage of Grace - Northern rising over religious grievances | |
| 1558 | Bishops' Transcripts - the Bishops' copy of parish records which continued until 1837 | |
| Early Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits before 1558 | Research Guide | |
| Chancery Proceedings: Equity Suits from 1558 | ||
| 1559 | Assizes (Criminal Trials) - Home Circuit records only exist in any quantity from this date onwards. Written in Latin until 1733 | Research Guide |
| 1593 | Apprenticeship Books - The Statute of Apprentices in 1563 forbade anyone to enter a trade who had not served an apprenticeship. | |
| 1605 | Gunpowder plot | |
| 1642 | English Civil War | |
| Civil War Soldiers - numerous references to soldiers | Research Guide | |
| 1644 | Battle of Marston Moor | |
| 1646 | Charles 1st surrenders to the Scots | |
| The Scots Army - muster rolls for the Scots Army in England in January 1646 | Research Guide | |
| 1649 | Charles 1st executed |
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| England governed by Commonwealth | ||
| Cromwell in Ireland | ||
| 1656 | Assizes - Key for English Criminal Trials 1559-1971 | Research Guide |
| 1658 | Death of Cromwell | |
| 1559 | Assizes - Key for English Criminal Trials 1559-1971 | Research Guide |
| Act of Uniformity - records of fines imposed on all men who refused to attend Church of England services | Research Guide | |
| 1660 | Restoration of monasteries - Charles 2nd | |
| 1662 | The Hearth Tax - continued until 1689 with the most heavily-used being the assessments | Research Guide |
| 1665 | Great plague of London | |
| 1666 | Great fire of London | |
| 1670 | Divorce - was only achievable by an Act of Parliament until 1857 | Research Guide |
| 1710 | Apprenticeship Books - For the years 1710 to 1811 the Commissioners of Stamps kept registers of the money they received from the duty on indentures. | Research Guide |
| 1753 | Hardwicke's Marriage Act - required all marriages to performed by licence or banns | EYFHS notes |
| 1754 | Banns Books - were required from March 1754 : check both the bride's and groom's parish | |
| 1754 | Marriage Licences, Bonds and Allegations - used where bans were not to be read | |
| 1761 | British Army Regimental Records of births, baptisms and marriages dating back to 1761 | |
| 1776 | American Declaration of Independence | |
| 1787 | Transportation to Australia - Transportation emerged during the seventeenth century as a humane alternative to the death penalty and continued from 1787-1868 | Research Guide |
| 1796 | Chaplains Returns - record military overseas births, marriages and deaths from 1796 | |
| 1796 | British Consuls Returns - provide a record overseas births, marriages and deaths from 1796 | |
| 1801 | Parish Census - Few 1801-1831 censuses have survived. Most are statistical and do not have information on people. | EYFHS notes |
| 1807 | Slave trade abolished within British Empire | |
| 1811 | Parish Census - Few 1801-1831 censuses have survived. Most are statistical and do not have information on people. | EYFHS notes |
| 1912 | Titanic Sinks - The RMS Titanic left Southampton en-route to New York on 10 April 1912 and sank on 15 April, after colliding with an iceberg. Of the 2,201 people on board only 711 were saved. | Research Guide |
| 1821 | Parish Census - Few 1801-1831 censuses have survived. Most are statistical and do not have information on people. | EYFHS notes |
| 1825 | First railway between Stockton and Derby | |
| 1829 | Catholic emancipation in Britain | |
| 1831 | First Reform Act | |
| Parish Census - Few 1801-1831 censuses have survived. Most are statistical and do not have information on people. | EYFHS notes | |
| Assizes - Key to Welsh Criminal and Civil Trials 1831-1971 | Research Guide | |
| 1833 | Beginning of the Oxford Reform movement | |
| 1834 | Poor Law Reform Act tightens up poor relief in Britain | |
| 1835 | Municipal Reform Act revises British Local Government | |
| 1837 | Queen Victoria ascends to the throne |
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| Civil Registration of births, marriages and deaths commences on 1st July | ||
| Marine Births & Deaths Index - official record of births and deaths occuring on British registered vessels commences | ||
| 1841 | British census - Sunday 6th June | EYFHS notes |
| 1849 | British Forces Births, marriages and deaths - registered by the in the country where they took place, from 1849 | |
| British Consul Births, marriages and deaths - registered by the in the country where they took place, from 1849 | ||
| High Commission Births, marriages and deaths - registered by the in the country where they took place, from 1849 | ||
| 1851 | British census - Sunday 30th March | |
| 1858 | Will Indexes - proved in the Principle Probate Court | EYFHS notes |
| 1859 | Darwin produces 'Origin of the Species' | |
| 1861 | British census - Sunday 7th April | |
| 1871 | British census - Sunday 2nd April | |
| 1881 | British census - Sunday 3rd April | |
| 1888 | County Councils established in Britain | |
| 1899 | Boer War commences | |
| 1891 | British census - Sunday 5th April | |
| 1901 | British census - Sunday 31st March | |
| 1902 | Boer War ends | |
| 1911 | British census - Sunday 2nd April | |
| 1914 | First World War commences | |
| 1918 | First World War ends | |
| 1927 | Adopted Children Register - contains the particulars of adoptions authorised by order of a court in England or Wales on or after 1 January 1927 | |
| 1939 | Second World War commences | |
| 1945 | Second World War ends | |
| 1948 | Aircraft Births and Deaths - start of official record of events on British registered aircraft |
