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Toleration Act

England · Religion / Church of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1689Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1689

William Orange III24 May 1689

Westminster · Religion / Church of England

Gives royal assent to the Toleration Act protecting many Protestant dissenters

Mary Stuart II24 May 1689

Westminster · Religion / Church of England

Gives royal assent with William III to the Toleration Act

Names involved

Mary Stuart IIWilliam Orange III

Provenance

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