Mary II1689
The Bill of Rights declares that the Sovereign could not raise a standing army during peacetime without Parliamentary consent, deny the right to bear arms to Protestant subjects or unduly interfere with Parliamentary elections
England · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The Bill of Rights declares that the Sovereign could not raise a standing army during peacetime without Parliamentary consent, deny the right to bear arms to Protestant subjects or unduly interfere with Parliamentary elections
Calls up the Scottish Estates to name a successor but dissolves it & calls elections
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