1605	Nov	5		Gunpowder plot
1611				King james bible
1625	May	11		Marriage of Charles I to Henrietta Maria
1633				William Laud appointed Archbishop of Canterbury
1640	Apr	13		First meeting of short parlament
1642				First English Civil War
1645				Long Parliament Begins
1648	Feb			Second English Civil War
1648	Dec	6		Pride's Purge
1649				Commonwealth of England Declared