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England · House / House of Stewart. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1586–1683Date range
4Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1586

Anthony Babington20 September 1586

House / House of Stewart

Plans to free Mary & rally Catholic support for Spanish invasion. Plans to assassinate Elizabeth

1678

James IINovember 1678

London · House / House of Stewart

A fabricated Popish plot causes anti-catholic reprisals on the streets of London

1683

Charles II21 June 1683

House / House of Stewart

Discovers the Rye House plot to murder Charles II & the Duke of York

James Scott Monmouth, 1st1683

House / House of Stewart

Following the discovery of the so-called Rye House Plot in 1683, Monmouth is obliged to go into exile in the Dutch United Provinces

Names involved

Anthony BabingtonCharles IIJames IIJames Scott Monmouth, 1st

Provenance

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