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The Cavalier Parliament begins to pass a series of acts, known as the Clarendon Code, containing punitive measures against Presbyterians
Jean-Baptiste Colbert buys the Gobelin family workshops in Paris and transforms them into a royal factory for Louis XIV
The Act of Uniformity demands that Anglican clergy accept all the Thirty-Nine Articles, costing many their livings
The Conventicle Act restricts worship in England to Anglican churches if more than a few people are present
The first recorded attempt at blood transfusion, at the Royal Society in London, proves that the idea is feasible
The Five Mile Act prevents Nonconformist ministers in England from coming closer than five miles to any town where they have ministered
The first successful human blood transfusion is achieved in Paris by Jean Baptiste Denis, apparently saving the life of a 15-year-old boy
The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes
Charles II issues a Declaration of Indulgence, suspending the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists
Sébastien de Vauban's new technique for conducting the siege of a town shows its effectiveness at Maastricht
Parliament in England passes a Test Act excluding Catholics and Nonconformists from public office
A sudden uprising by the Wampanoag Indians against the new England settlements begins the conflict known as King Philip's War
The Popish Plot, an invented Jesuit conspiracy to kill Charles II, results in the execution of about thirty-five Roman Catholics
Louis XIV persecutes the Huguenots by means of dragonnades - the billetting of unruly dragoons in the homes of villagers
The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rise against the Spanish, killing 21 missionaries and some 400 colonists
William Penn approves the Great Law, allowing complete freedom of religious belief in Pennsylvania
William Penn achieves peace for Pennsylvania by negotiating a treaty with the local Lenape (or Delaware) tribes
Mennonites and other from Germany (later known as the Pennsylvania Dutch) begin to settle in Penn's liberal colony
James II succeeds to the throne in Britain and immediately introduces pro-Catholic policies
400,000 Huguenots leave France after Louis XIV deprives them of their rights by revoking the Edict of Nantes
The Hungarian diet grants the Habsburg dynasty in Austria a hereditary right to the crown of St Stephen
James II, landing in Ireland, is acclaimed as king in Dublin by enthusiastic Irish Catholics
The Church of Scotland finally wins recognition as an independent Presbyterian body
In the years after the battle of the Boyne, Catholic ownership of land in Ireland is reduced to just 14% of the total
Holland and England are now producing the magnificent ocean-going merchant vessels known as East Indiamen
