1215	The Magna Carta is signed by John.
c 1270		The invention of the crown wheel and verge escapement, by an unknown person or persons, possibly in Italy.
	1272	Accession of Edward I.
	1306	Rebellion of Robert the Bruce
	1307	Death of Edward I, accession of Edward II.
	1327	Death of Edward II, accession of Edward III.
1327-36		Richard of Wallingford builds his clock at St Albans Abbey.
c 1335		The use of the count wheel for equal hours striking in Italy.
1344		Walter the Orgoner fits a Dyal to the clock in Old St Pauls Cathedral in London.
1348-64		Planetarium clock built by Giovanni De'Dondi.
1368		Three Dutch clocksmakers, John Uneman, William Uneman and John Lietuyt given the protection of Edward III.
	1377	Death of Edward III, accession of Richard II.
1386		Salisbury Cathedral clock built.
1392		Wells Cathedral clock built.
	1399	Accession of Henry IV.
c 1400		The development of domestic clocks, including the Gothic clock.
	1413	Death of Henry IV, accession of Henry V.
	1422	Death of Henry V, accession of Henry VI.
	1461	Accession of Edward IV.
	1471	Death of Henry VI.
	1477	William Caxton prints first book in England.
	1483	Death of Edward IV, accession and death of Edward V, accession of Richard III.
	1485	Death of Richard III, accession of Henry VII.
	1509	Accession of Henry VIII.
1533		Henry VIII believed to have presented a small clock in silver to Anne Boleyn on the occasion of their wedding.
	1536	Dissolution of the monasteries.
	1547	Succession of Edward VI.
	1553	Accession of Mary.
	1558	Accession of Elizabeth I.
1588		Chamber clock by Francis Nowe, made in London.  Robert Harvey, lantern clockmaker becomes free in Oxford.
1598		Carillon Chamber clock by Nicholas Vallin, made in London, now in the British Museum.
c 1600		Galileo Galilei discovers the isochronism of the pendulum.
c 1600		The appearance of the English lantern clock, the precursor of the thirty-hour clock.
	1603	Death of Elizabeth I, accession of Jame I.
	1605	Gunpowder plot.
1620		The earliest surviving dated lantern clock made in London by Henry Stevens.
1621		Dated lantern clock by William Bowyer.
1621		Dated lantern clock by William Selwood.
	1625	Death of James I, accession of Charles I.
1625		A clock, perhaps a lantern clock, recorded in the inventory of Richard Newton of Seend, blacksmith, on his death.
1629		John and Nicholas Snow working in Salisbury.  Earliest dated provincial Lantern clocks are two by John Snow, inscribed 1630.
1631		The formation of the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers.
	1642	Start of the Civil War.
	1649	The execution of Charles I and estabishment of a republic.
	1653	Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector.
1657		The Coster/Fromanteel Contract.
1658		Christiaan Huygens publishes HOROLOGIUM in which he relates that in 1656 he devised a way to use of swinging pendulum to control a clock.
	1658	Cromwell dies.
1658		Ahasuerus Fromanteel introduces the pendulum clock to England.
	1660	The Restoration of the Monarchy, Charles II returns to England.
1660		The beginning of the golden age of English clockmaking.
c 1660		The first use of the longcase.
1662		The formation of the Royal Society.
	1665	The great plague.
	1666	The fire of London.
c 1670		The invention of the anchor escapement, possibly of Robert Hooke.
1671		Thomas Tompion arrives in London.
1672		Invention of the wheel cutting engine attributed to Hooke.
1673		Christiaan Huygens publishes HOROLOGIUM OSCILLATORIUM.
1674		Spiral spring first used in watches to give the balance wheel a natural period, attributed to Huygens.
1675		John Smith publishes his 'Horological Dialogues'.  Founding of the Royal Observatory.
c 1676		Rack striking/repeating invented by Edward Barlow.
	1685	Death of Charles II, succession to the throne of his brother James II, rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth fails, the battle of Sedgmoor.
	1688	Accession of William and Mary.
1696		Rev William Dereham publishes 'The Artificial Clockmaker'.
	1703	Death of William III, accession of Anne.
1713		Death of Thomas Tompion.
	1714	Death of Anne, accession of George I.
1715		George Graham invents deadbeat escapement.
	1727	Death of George I, accession of George II.
	1745	Bonnie Prince Charles leads the Jacobite rebellion.
1752		Adoption of the Gregorian Calendar.
1754		Thomas Mudge invents lever escapement.
	1760	Death of George II, accession of George III.
	1769	James Watt patents his steam engine.
1772		The first white dials for clocks.
1773		John Harrison wins Board of Longitude prize.
	1776	Declaration of American Independence.
	1792	Coal gas used for lighting.
	1805	The battle of Trafalgar.
	1815	The battle of Waterloo.
	1820	Death of George III, accession of George IV.
	1825	Stockton to Darlington railway opens.
	c 1827	Invention of Tarmacadam.
	1830	Death of George IV, accession of William IV.
	1837	Death of William IV, accession of Victoria.