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Sir Edward James REED, K. C. B., F. R. S.

Sir Edward James REED, K. C. B., F. R. S.

Male 1830 - 1906  (76 years)


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   Date  Event(s)
1 1613 
  • 1613—1613: A copper farthing was produced, as a silver coin would be too small
2 1619 
  • 4 Dec 1619—4 Dec 1619: (Nov 24 old style): Colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas)
3 1620 
  • 1620—1620: Manufacture of coke (the fuel, not the drink!) patented by Dud Dudley
  • 21 Dec 1620—21 Dec 1620: (Dec 16 old style): The Mayflower reaches America - founds Plymouth, New England (had initially set sail from Southampton on Aug 5)
4 1621 
  • 1621—1621: Chimneys to be made of brick and to be four and a half feet above the roof
5 1622 
  • 1622—1622: First English newspaper appeared - Weekly News'
6 1624 
  • 1624—1624: Edmund Gunter introduces the surveyor's chain (measurement of length)
7 1625 
  • 1625—1625: The size of bricks standardised in England around this time
  • 27 Mar 1625—27 Mar 1625: Death of King James VI & I
8 1628 
  • 1 Mar 1628—1 Mar 1628: Writs issued by Charles I that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date
9 1629 
  • 10 Mar 1629—10 Mar 1629: Parliament dissolved by King Charles I - did not meet for another 11 yea
10 1633 
  • Jun 1633—Jun 1633: Galileo summoned by Inquisition for publishing in favour of Copernican theory
11 1635 
  • 1635—1635: Letter Office of England & Scotland started
  • 1635—1635: Flintlock small arms invented around this time (replaces matchlock)
12 1636 
  • 1636—1636: Hackney Carriages in use by now in London
13 1638 
  • 1638—1638: King Charles regarded protests against the prayerbook as treason - forced Scots to choose between their church and the King - a ?Covenant' swearing to resist these changes to the Death was signed in Greyfriars Church Edinburgh and was accepted by hundreds of thousands of Scots (revival of Presbyterian Church)