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Henry Redford is elected Speaker of the House.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#October–December", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#July–September", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1644, "year_label": "1644 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 19", "text": "19 December – the House of Commons passes the Self-denying Ordinance.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737189#Events", "title": "1644 in England", "revid": 1353737189, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – In England, a letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358071698#April–June", "title": "1647", "revid": 1358071698, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1648, "year_label": "1648 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 5", "text": "5 December – majority of the House of Commons votes in favour of accepting the Treaty of Newport.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354833654#Events", "title": "1648 in England", "revid": 1354833654, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, which it describes in the act as \"useless and dangerous to the people of England\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "19 March – The House of Commons passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, declaring that it is \"useless and dangerous to the people of England\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737236#Events", "title": "1649 in England", "revid": 1353737236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1674, "year_label": "1674 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "15 January – The Earl of Arlington is impeached by the House of Commons on charges of popery, but the Commons rejects the motion to remove him from office, 127 votes for and 166 against.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737452#Events", "title": "1674 in England", "revid": 1353737452, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "October 25", "text": "25 October – five Catholic peers accused of involvement in the \"Popish Plot\" are arrested at the instance of the House of Commons and committed to the Tower of London. On 1 November, impeachment proceedings begin.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737510#Events", "title": "1678 in England", "revid": 1353737510, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – The Test Act provides that members of both the House of Lords and House of Commons of England must swear an anti-Catholic oath, before taking office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368552109#October–December", "title": "1678", "revid": 1368552109, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1679, "year_label": "1679 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "May 15", "text": "15 May – Exclusion Crisis: The supporters of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, introduce an Exclusion Bill into the House of Commons with the aim of excluding the king's brother, the Catholic James, Duke of York, from the succession to the English throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353737517#Events", "title": "1679 in England", "revid": 1353737517, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1693, "year_label": "1693 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 9", "text": "9 March – the House of Commons of England presents an address to King William III complaining of mismanagement of Irish affairs. The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Viscount Sydney, is recalled on 13 June and administration left in the hands of Lords Justices.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1329065303#Events", "title": "1693 in Ireland", "revid": 1329065303, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth, and silk weavers picket the House of Commons of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#Date_unknown", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – The House of Commons of England decides not to renew the Licensing Order of 1643, and states its reasoning, beginning with \"Because it revives, and re-enacts, a Law which in no-wise answered the End for which it was made\". The lifting of censorship creates a more open society, and an explosion of print results. Within 30 years, the number of printing houses in England increases from 20 to 103.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#April–June", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – 1705 English general election: Voting begins for 110 constituencies of the 513-member House of Commons of England (including Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355353320#April–June", "title": "1705", "revid": 1355353320, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}