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Events relating to religion
A National Covenant, first signed in an Edinburgh churchyard, commits the Covenanters to oppose Charles I's reforms of the Church of Scotland
Riots erupt in Edinburgh, in response to the attempt by Charles I and Laud to impose a hierarchy of Anglican bishops
Hindu princes and brahmin priests withdraw from Java to Bali, turning the island into the last outpost of Hinduism in southeast Asia
James Ussher, archbishop of Armagh, calculates that creation began on Sunday, October 23, 4004 BC
The Dalai Lama declares that his teacher is also an incarnation of a future Buddha, and that he is to be known as Panchen
Nikon becomes patriarch of all Russia and introduces reforms which cause the Old Believers to form a breakaway sect
John Bunyan joins a Nonconformist church in Bedford and becomes one of their preachers
George Fox begins preaching in England, in a movement which develops into the Society of Friends - or Quakers
Jews return to England after Cromwell repeals the law of 1290 forbidding their residence in the country
John Bunyan is convicted of unlicensed preaching and spends the next eleven years in Bedford Gaol
The Cavalier Parliament begins to pass a series of acts, known as the Clarendon Code, containing punitive measures against Presbyterians
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 Five Mile Act prevents Nonconformist ministers in England from coming closer than five miles to any town where they have ministered
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
Parliament in England passes a Test Act excluding Catholics and Nonconformists from public office
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
William Penn approves the Great Law, allowing complete freedom of religious belief in Pennsylvania
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
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
