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| c. 1669 |
| | | The duke of York, heir to the English and Scottish thrones, is secretly received into the Roman Catholic church | |
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| 1672 |
| | | Charles II issues a Declaration of Indulgence, suspending the restrictions on Catholics and Nonconformists | |
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| 1673 |
| | | Parliament in England passes a Test Act excluding Catholics and Nonconformists from public office | |
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| 1678 |
| | | The Popish Plot, an invented Jesuit conspiracy to kill Charles II, results in the execution of about thirty-five Roman Catholics | |
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| 1685 |
| | | James II succeeds to the throne in Britain and immediately introduces pro-Catholic policies | |
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| 1688 |
| | | A son (the future 'Old Pretender') is born to James II, giving Britain a Catholic heir to the throne | |
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| 1688 |
| | | English grandees invite William III of Orange and his wife Mary, daughter of James II, to claim the British throne | |
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| 1688 |
| | | William III of Orange lands with an army at Torbay and marches to London with almost no opposition from supporters of James II | |
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| 1689 |
| | | Parliament in Westminster makes the restrictive Bill of Rights the condition on which William III and Mary II are crowned | |
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| 1694 |
| | | The joint monarch of England, Mary II, dies - leaving her husband, William III, to reign alone | |
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