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chronology prepared by Ian Gordon (Emeritus Professor Anglia Ruskin University)

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DateAuthor EventsHistorical Events
1685 Entail is introduced in Scotland
1685, February 06
(to 1688)		 Reign of King James II
1685, February 16 Halifax becomes Treasurer and then Lord President of the Council
1685, February 20 Henry Hyde, second Earl of Clarendon, becomes Keeper of Privy Seal
1685, May Earl of Danby is discharged from bail
1685, May 19 English Parliament meets
1685, May 20 Titus Oates is flogged through the streets of London
1685, June 11 Monmouth’s Rebellion
1685, June 30 The Earl of Argyle is executed
1685, July 06 Monmouth is defeated at Sedgemoor
1685, July 15 Monmouth is beheaded
1685, September Judge Jeffreys conducts the 'Bloody Assizes'
1685, October 21 Lord Halifax is struck off the Privy Council
1685, December 04 Sunderland becomes Lord President
1686 James II sets up a court for ecclesiastical commissions
1686 Barometric pressure correlated with height above sea level
1686 Weak equivalence principle tested
1686 Advances in the study of trade winds, monsoons and solar heating
1686, June James II introduces Roman Catholics into the Church and army
1686, August James II forms a camp of troops on Hounslow Heath
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Citation:
Gordon, Ian. "Author Chronology for John Gay". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 1 September 2007.
[http://www.litencyc.com/php/newlifeline.php?id_author_0=4976, accessed 19 June 2013.]