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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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| 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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| c. 1680 |
| | | Louis XIV persecutes the Huguenots by means of dragonnades - the billetting of unruly dragoons in the homes of villagers | |
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| 1685 |
| | | 400,000 Huguenots leave France after Louis XIV deprives them of their rights by revoking the Edict of Nantes | |
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| 1692 |
| | | Government soldiers, mainly Campbells, massacre their MacDonald hosts in Glencoe | |
|  | Order for the massacre of Glencoe
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| 1692 |
| | | The Massachusetts town of Salem is gripped by witch-hunting hysteria | |
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| 1692 |
| | | Twenty people convicted of witchcraft are hanged in Salem, and one is pressed to death | |
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