↑ England, Scotland, and Ireland at time shared a king but were still theoretically separate realms with their own parliaments. In practice, the Irish parliament had been completely under the control of Westminster since Poynings' Law of 1494, but Scotland still had a degree of independence.
↑ In this article "New Style" means the start of year is adjusted to 1 January. Events on the European mainland are usually given using the Gregorian calendar, while events in Great Britain and Ireland are usually given using the Julian calendar with the year adjusted to 1 January. Dates with no explicit Julian or Gregorian postscript will be using the same calendar as the last date with an explicit postscript.
