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1066
Local Manor of Bradford valued at four pounds troy weight of silver  
National Battle of Hastings (14/10)   
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1070
Local William the Conqueror laid the whole manor waste   
National Building of the Tower of London commenced   
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1086
Local Domesday Book - IIlbert hath it - it is a waste"   
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1147
Local Norman Lord of the Manor granted the right to hold a market   
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1150
Local Monks of Rievaulx Abbey were working iron on land which had come into their possession   
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1170
Local St James Church, Tong   
National Becket murdered in Canterbury Cathedral   
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1200
Local Clericus de Allerton is mentioned in a deed of this date   
National Robin Hood [c]   
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1212
Local Bingley Market charter granted  
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1215
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National Magna Carta signed (15/6) Lord Mayor's Show in London 
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1220
Local Deed witnessed about this date mentions a Clericus de Bradford   
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1241
Local Rector appointed to the Church of Bradford   
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1246
Local Manor of Bradford was charged for King's Tax five marks   
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1251
Local Market charter granted to Edmund de Lacy by Henry III  
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International Kublai Khan - governor of China   

1256
Local Weekly market held on Thursdays   
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1277
Local First record of a woolen weaver in Bradford 
 Earliest record of a "Free Court" dealing with the recovery of debt and other grievances 
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1281
Local First mention of Parish Church   
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1287
Local Frizinghall appeared in a document   
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1292
Local Living of Bradford was assessed at £53 6s.8p of which the vicar was entitled to a quarter and the remainder went to the rector    
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1293
Local First mention of a Vicar of Bradford with an obligation to "be in personal residence"   
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1294
Local Market charter granted to Henry de Lacy by Edward I  
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International Kublai Khan died   

1310
Local Retail market held on Sundays near the churchyard  
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1311
Local Population 650 (estimated)  Scottish raids on Bradford began 
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1314
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National Battle of Bannockburn   
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1316
Local Raid of the Scots from Skipton caused disastrous effects   
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1318
Local Raids caused the value of the living of Bradford Parish Church to be reduced to £28 per annum    
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1322
Local Local plunderers imitating the Scots raids 


 That the advowson of Bradford (i.e. the right of presentment to the living of the Church at Bradford) was forfeited to the King by reason of the execution of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster at Pontefract on the 22nd March 1322
Source : Rymer's Foedora
National Wars of Scottish  independence  
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1331
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National Flemish weavers, dyers and fullers arrived in this country   
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1337
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National Export of English woollen cloth was prohibited  Hundred Years' War against France begins {1453} 
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1342
Local Earliest mention of cloth dyeing   
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1347
Local First record of tanning   
National Black Death  
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1349
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1357
Local Tanner prosecuted for throwing waste into the beck   
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1358
Local Prosecutions for theft of wool recorded  First mention of "forgemen" 
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1360
Local Shallow pits dug for coal   
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1362
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1363
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National Working people prohibited from wearing any other cloth except blanket or russet   
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1369
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National Black Death   
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1379
Local Population reduced to about 325 by plague   
National Poll tax imposed again in England   
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1392
Local First record of the proving of a will   
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1394
Local Manufacture of "kersies" - narrow woolen cloth - reported to be flourishing   
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1412
Local Man fined for diverting to his own use the flow of water from the well at Eccleshill   
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1415
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National Battle of Agincourt   
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1431
Local Building of the present Cathedral commenced, the third church on the site   
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International Joan of Arc burned at Rouen (30 May)   

1451
Local Mention of a "barker" - stripped bark from trees for use in dyeing   
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International Christopher Columbus born    

1452
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National Leonardo da Vinci born (15/4)   
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1458
Local Parish Church (Cathedral) completed apart from tower   
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1461
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National War of the Roses   
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1479
Local Main woollen centres recorded as  Halifax, Ripon, Almondbury, Leeds, Pontefract, Bradford  
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1502
Local Earliest record of coal mining   
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1506
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International Christopher Columbus died   

1508
Local Tower of the Parish Church completed   
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1533
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National Henry VIII married Anne Boleyn (25/1)   
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1540
Local Leland a historian visited and said "it standeth much by clothing" and that it was "a praty quik town"  
National Sir Francis Drake born  Henry VIII married Anne of Cleves and Catherine Howard 
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1545
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National Mary Rose sank in the Solent (19/7)  
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1552
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National Sir Walter Raleigh born  Second Book of Common Prayer
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1555
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International Book of Centuries - Nostrodamus   

1581
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National Francis Drake knighted at Deptford (4/4)
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1588
Local Beacons lit to warn of the Spanish Armada   
National Shorthand - Sir Timothy Bright Spanish Armada Armada defeated (29/7)
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1589
Local Henry VI - William Shakespeare  
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1590
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1591
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1592
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National Richard III - William Shakespeare Comedy of Errors - William Shakespeare
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1593
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National Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare Titus Andronicus - William Shakespeare
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1594
Local Reported to be the main Yorkshire centre for the manufacture of cushions   
National Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
Love's Labour's Lost - William Shakespeare 		 Two Gentlemen of Verona - William Shakespeare
 
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1595
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National Richard II - Shakespeare  A Midsummer Nights Dream - William Shakespeare  
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1596
Local Earliest parochial records of births, marriages and deaths   
National Sir Francis Drake died (28/1) 
Water closet - Sir John Harington		 King John - Shakespeare
Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare 
International Thermometer - Galileo   

1597
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National Henry IV - William Shakespeare  
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1598
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National Henry V - William Shakespeare  Much Ado About Nothing - William Shakespeare
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1599
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National Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare As You Like It - William Shakespeare 
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1600
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National Hamlet - William Shakespeare
Merry Wives of Windsor - William Shakespeare		 East India Company formed {1858} 
 
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1601
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National Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare Troilus and Cressida - William Shakespeare 
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1602
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National All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare  
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1603
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National King James I {until 1625}
Walter Raleigh imprisoned 		 Plague in London
 
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1604
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National Othello - William Shakespeare  Measure For Measure - William Shakespeare 
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1605
Local Dean House, Allerton Lane   
National King Lear - William Shakespeare
Macbeth - William Shakespeare		 Gunpowder Plot - Guy Fawkes (5/11) 
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1606
Local Holy Trinity, Low Moor   
National Antony and Cleopatra - William Shakespeare
 Guy Fawkes executed (31/1)
Union Jack became official flag (12/4)
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1607
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National Coriolanus - William Shakespeare  Timon of Athens - William Shakespeare 
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1608
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National Pericles - William Shakespeare   
International French colony of Quebec   

1609
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National Cymbeline - William Shakespeare   
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1610
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National The Tempest - William Shakespeare
The Winters Tale - William Shakespeare		 Tea came to Europe from China
 
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1611
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1612
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National Henry VIII - William Shakespeare   
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1613
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National Globe Theatre in Stratford destroyed by fire (29/6)   
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1614
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International Pocahontas married John Rolfe (5/4)   

1615
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1616
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National Circulation of blood explained - Harvey  William Shakespeare died (23/4) 
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1617
Local Beckfoot farm, Bingley   
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1618
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National Sir Walter Raleigh executed   
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1619
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1620
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National Pilgrim fathers landed in America (19/11)   
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1621
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1622
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1623
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1624
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1625
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National King Charles I {until 1649 - beheaded}   
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1626
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1627
Local Bolton Old Hall  Newhall, Rooley Lane 
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1628
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National Oliver Cromwell MP for Huntingdon   
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1629
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1630
Local Chapel, Westfield Lane, Idle  
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1631
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1632
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1633
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1634
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1635
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1636
Local Bierley Hall
Wibsey Church consecrated (21/10) 		 St Ives acquired by Ferrand family
 
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International Harvard University - First in USA   

1637
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1638
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1639
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1640
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National Coke obtained from coal   
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1641
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National Triennial Act   
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1642
Local First Siege of Bradford (18/12)  
National English Civil War {1649}  Sir Isaac Newton born {1727} 
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1643
Local Paper Hall  Second Siege of Bradford 
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International Barometer invented - Torricelli   

1644
Local Battle of Marston Moor (2/7)  
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1645
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National New Model Army  
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1646
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National King Charles surrenders to Scots at Newark   
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1647
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1648
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1649
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National Oliver Cromwell {until 1657}  King Charles I executed 
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1650
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National Tea available in England   
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1651
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1652
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1653
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National Cromwell created Lord Protector   
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1654
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1655
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1656
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1657
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National Richard Cromwell {until 1659}  
International Fountain pen invented - Paris   

1658
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1659
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1660
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National King Charles II {until 1685}  Daniel Defoe born [circa] 
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1661
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1662
Local Bradford Grammar School charter granted  
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1663
Local Bradford Grammar School charter granted   
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1664
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1665
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National Great Plague of London   
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1666
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National Great Fire of London  London Gazette 
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1667
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National Jonathan Swift born    
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1668
Local Lee Farm, Wilsden   
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1669
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1670
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1671
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1672
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1673
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1674
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1675
Local Horton Old Hall   
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1676
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1677
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1678
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1679
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National Habeous Corpus   
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1680
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International Phosphorous matches   

1681
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National Oil street lamps in London   
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1682
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National Royal Hospital, Chelsea founded   
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1683
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1684
Local Manor House, Main Street, Wilsden   
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1685
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National King James II {until 1688}   
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1686
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1687
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1688
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National King William III {until 1702}  King James II abdicated 
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1689
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National Toleration Act   
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1690
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1691
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1692
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1693
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1694
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National Queen Mary II died of smallpox (28/12)  Bank of England incorporated (27/7) 
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1695
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1696
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1697
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National St Paul's Cathedral opened after being rebuilt by Sir Chritopher Wren   
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1698
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National Steam engine used to raise water - Savery   
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1699
Local Clock House   
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