It began when Mary’s father, King James II, converted to Catholicism at the end of the 1660s. When his conversion became known, it infuriated and scared Protestant interests in England ... happiness ...

Although bloodshed in England was limited ... of borough charters in the last years of Charles II’s reign ensured that James’ first parliament was dominated by loyal Tories.

Mr Ayres was instead court-martialled and imprisoned. James went on to reign as King James II of England and Ireland and James VII of Scotland from 1685 until 1688, when he was deposed by the ...

His reign was also rife with sectarianism among ... When he died, Charles II passed the throne on to his Catholic brother, James II of England.

Precisely 451 years after the June 19, 1566, birth of King James I of England, one achievement of his reign still stands above the rest: the 1611 English translation of the Old and New Testaments ...

Three years before he ascended the throne in 1685, the future James II of England narrowly survived ... The wayward duke took the throne in 1685. His reign proved unpopular, and he was deposed ...

Ruthven was executed and James brought the Church of Scotland under his firm control. The key chapter of his reign involved two women - his mother, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I of England.

As the longest-reigning British monarch, Elizabeth II ... of England (and, later, the United Kingdom): Also known as Bloody Mary for the civil war that England was plunged into during her reign ...