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Third Exclusion Parliament meets in Oxford and lasts for one week, the last time Parliament meets outside Westminster

Third Exclusion Parliament meets in Oxford and lasts for one week, the last time Parliament meets outside Westminster

Third Exclusion Parliament meets in Oxford and lasts for one week, the last time Parliament meets outside Westminster

Events Before

  1. Gottfried Kirch discovers the Great Comet of 1680 (Kirch's Comet/Newton's Comet)

    C/1680 V1, also called the Great Comet of 1680, Kirch's Comet, and Newton's Comet, was the first comet discovered by telescope.

  2. Parliament of Breisach accepts French sovereignty over Elzas

    Parliament of Breisach accepts French sovereignty over Elzas

  3. The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts

    The first confirmed tornado in America kills a servant at Cambridge, Massachusetts

  4. Tewa medicine man Popé leads the Pueblo Rebellion against Spanish colonizers in the New Mexican province, killing 400 an

    Tewa medicine man Popé leads the Pueblo Rebellion against Spanish colonizers in the New Mexican province, killing 400 and driving out another 2,000

  5. Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe in the New Mexican Province from the Spanish

    Pueblo Indians take possession of Santa Fe in the New Mexican Province from the Spanish

Events After

  1. English astronomer Edmond Halley first observes the comet named after him

    Edmond (or Edmund) Halley (8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1741]) was an English astronomer, mathematician and physicist.

  2. William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

    William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

  3. Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London

    Thomas Otway's "Venice Preserved" premieres in London

  4. De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam closes less than 1-1/2 years after open

    De Italiaanse Opera (The Italian Opera) theater on the Leidsegracht in Amsterdam closes less than 1-1/2 years after opening

  5. Assembly of the French clergy issues a declaration stating, among other things, that the power of the King is not subjec

    Assembly of the French clergy issues a declaration stating, among other things, that the power of the King is not subject to papal authority

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