| 1239/06/17 |
Edward I of England |
Born |
Edward is born at the Palace of Westminster |
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| 1265/01/20 |
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Simon de Montfort's Parliament, the first to include representatives of the major towns, convenes at the Palace of Westminster. |
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| 1365/00/00 |
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King's Privy Wardrobe, now known as Jewel Tower, is erected as a place of safe deposit for Edward III's treasures. |
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| 1628/06/07 |
Parliament of England |
English Government |
English Parliament adopts the Petition of Right upholding four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime. |
Petition of Right (England 1628) |
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| 1689/12/16 |
Parliament of England |
English Government |
English Bill of Rights is adopted, creating a constitutional monarchy and forbidding a Roman Catholic sovereign in England. |
English Bill of Rights 1689 |
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| 1764/04/05 |
Parliament of Great Britain |
English Government |
The Sugar Act is adopted by the Parliament of Great Britain adding new duties on items widely consumed in the American colonies. |
The Sugar Act |
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American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt |
| 1765/03/22 |
Parliament of Great Britain |
English Government |
British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament. |
The Stamp Act |
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American Revolution - From Protest to Revolt |
| 1765/03/22 |
Parliament of Great Britain |
English Government |
British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament. |
The Stamp Act |
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Stamp Act Congress |
| 1765/03/22 |
Parliament of Great Britain |
English Government |
British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, imposing a levy on all paper documents in the colonies. It is the first tax levied directly on American colonists by Parliament. |
The Stamp Act |
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Declaration of the Westmoreland Resolves |
| 1834/10/16 |
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At a few minutes after six in the evening, a doorkeeper's wife sees flames licking through the floor in the Lords Chamber. |
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Palace of Westminster Fire, 1834 |
| 1834/10/16 |
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Throughout the day, a chimney fire smoulders under the floor of the House of Lords chamber, caused by the unsupervised burning of two cartloads of wooden tally sticks in a heating furnaces. Warning signs were persistently ignored by the staff. |
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Palace of Westminster Fire, 1834 |
| 1834/10/16 |
Augustus Pugin |
Witness |
AWN Pugin, future designer of the Houses of Parliament, stands with a massive crowd watching the flames devour the House of Commons. |
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Palace of Westminster Fire, 1834 |
| 1834/10/16 |
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The fire at the Palace of Westminster is visible on the roof. As panic issues inside, no-one seems to have raise the alarm outside. |
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Palace of Westminster Fire, 1834 |