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The Housemans of Nidderdale
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 Abt 1685 - 1687 (2 years) Submit Photo / Document
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| 1 | 1685 | - 1685—1685: James the Second (1685-1689, died 1701) - Monmouth rebellion and battle of
Sedgemoor - British Army raised to 20,000 men
- 1685—1685: Earl of Argyll's Invasion of Scotland
- 1685—1685: Judge Jeffreys and the Bloody Assizes - 320 executed, 800 transported
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| 2 | 1686 | - 1686—1686: Release of all prisoners held for their religious beliefs
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| 3 | 1687 | - 4 April 1687—4 April 1687: James II issues the Declaration of Indulgence, suspending laws against Catholics
and non-conformists
- 5 July 1687—5 July 1687: Newton published his Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica' - written
in Latin
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