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| 1650 |
| | | James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, calculates that creation began on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC | |
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| 1652 |
| | | Nikon becomes patriarch of all Russia and introduces reforms which cause the Old Believers to form a breakaway sect | |
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| 1653 |
| | | John Bunyan joins a Nonconformist church in Bedford and becomes one of their preachers | |
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| c. 1655 |
| | | George Fox begins preaching in England, in a movement which develops into the Society of Friends - or Quakers | |
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| 1661 |
| | | John Bunyan is convicted of unlicensed preaching and spends the next eleven years in Bedford Gaol | |
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| 1661 |
| | | The Cavalier Parliament begins to pass a series of acts, known as the Clarendon Code, containing punitive measures against Presbyterians | |
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| 1662 |
| | | The Act of Uniformity demands that Anglican clergy accept all the Thirty-Nine Articles, costing many their livings | |
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| 1664 |
| | | The Conventicle Act restricts worship in England to Anglican churches if more than a few people are present | |
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| 1665 |
| | | The Five Mile Act prevents Nonconformist ministers in England from coming closer than five miles to any town where they have ministered | |
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| 1668 |
| | | The Jesuits establish a mission at Sault Sainte Marie which becomes the starting point for French exploration south of the Great Lakes | |
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