History Early Modern (1500-1730) key dates

1709

Foreign Protestants Naturalisation Act - protestants come for a shilling

1712

when was the Foreign Protestants Naturalisation act repealed because palatines were ‘economically useless’

5000

how many palatines were deported to Ireland in 1709

1560s

when did Walloons come (from Belgium that was ruled by Catholic Spain)

Kent

what town invited Walloons to set up businesses in

1595, 3000

by when, how many immigrants (Walloons) were in Canterbury weaving woollen and silk cloth

1570s

when did Huguenots come (first time)

1680s

when did Huguenots come (second time)

1572

when was the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre which led to Huguenots fleeing persecution and migrating to England

1680s

when did Louis XIV overturn protection of protestants (Huguenots) which led to the second wave of their migration. they were welcomed as English were also protestants and against the French Catholics

English media

what was full of stories about awful things being done to Huguenots by French Catholics so they got lots of sympathy

10%

what % of investment came from Huguenot entrepreneurs in 1694 (when the bank of England was founded)

1694

when was the bank of England founded

1709

when did Rhineland palatines come - due to the FPNA

13,000

how many palatines arrived starving and diseased

Blackheath

where was the world’s first refugee camp (made for palatines)

1500s

when did Gypsies migrate

India

what country did Gypsies originally migrate from

Henry VIII and 1530

which king ordered Gypsies to be expelled and when

Mary I, 1554

what queen made it a crime punishable by death to be a Gypsy and when

1577

when were 6 people hanged for mixing with gypsies

Tyson Fury

what famous person has gypsy roots

the Second Coming of Jesus

what did Cromwell believe was going to happen if he let Jews back in after a rabbi from Amsterdam travelled to London in 1655 to persuade him to offer them asylum

Charles II and 1660

Who granted a charter for the RAC and when, which led to the development of the transatlantic slave trade

Julian

what Indian child servant was hanged for stealing money from his mistress’s house and setting it on fire

Mingo

what child servant was a servant to Sir William Batten - who gave his lighthouse to him, but was also made to dance

1568

Moors (Muslim spanish) rebel against Spanish rule that started in 1492

1579

an African man won his case against his employer

1547

Jacques Francis was supported in court when he said he didn't steal from his Italian employer

1655

when did a Rabbi from Amsterdam persuade Oliver Cromwell to let Jewish people back in to offer them asylum (they started to arrive in 56)