1676 - 1680 (4 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1676 | - 1676—1676: Compton Census, named after its initiator Henry Compton, Bishop of London, was
intended to discover the number of Anglican conformists, Roman Catholic recusants and
Protestant dissenters in England and Wales from enquiries made in individual parishes
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| 2 | 1677 | - 1677—1677: Lee's Collection of Names of Merchants in London' published
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| 3 | 1678 | - 1678—1678: Extension of Test Act to peers
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| 4 | 1679 | - 1679—1679: Tories first so named
- 27 May 1679—27 May 1679: Habeas Corpus Act becomes law in England - (later repealed from time to
time)
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| 5 | 1680 | - 1680—1680: William Dockwra(y) begins his London Penny Post
- 1680—1680: Dodo becomes extinct in Mauritius through over-hunting
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English
