The Marian Martyrs.

1555 The Mary 1.(Bloody Mary) The Marian Martyrs. First Four Martyrs.
1555 February. Rowland Taylor,Rector of Hadleigh,Suffolk,and John Hooper, deposed Bishop of Gloucester, are burned at the stake in England.
1555 February 8th. Lawrence Saunders,preacher,rector of London church of All Hallows,burned at Coventry. 1555 February 9th.John Hooper;King Edward-era bishop of Gloucester and Worcester,burned in Gloucester. 1555 February 9th. Rowland Taylor, rector of Hadleigh in Suffolk – burned at Aldham Common.

February 7th.1649. Charles Stuart was buried

1649 February 7th. Charles Stuart was buried in private at night, inside the Henry VIII vault in St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle.The royal retainers Sir Thomas Herbert (1st.Baronet), Captain Anthony Mildmay (Courtier),
Sir Henry Firebrace (Courtier), William Levett Esq. (Courtier), and Abraham Dowcett (sometimes spelled Dow- sett) conveyed the King's body to Windsor. King Charles II, later planned an elaborate royal mausoleum, but it was never built.ten days after Charles I's execution, a memoir purporting to be written by the king appeared for sale, this book, the Eikon Basilike (Greek: the"Royal Portrait"), contained an apologia for royal policies, and it proved an effective piece of Royalist propaganda. William Levett Esq. (Courtier), Charles I's groom of the bed- chamber, who accompanied Charles I on the day of his execution, swore that he had personally witnessed the King writing the Eikon Basilike. John Cooke published the speech he would have delivered if Charles I had entered a plea, while Parliament commissioned John Milton to write a rejoinder, the Eikonoklastes ("The Icono- clast"), but the response made little headway against the pathos of the Royalist book. Following the death of the king, several works were written expressing the outrage of the people at such an act. The ability to execute a king, believed to be the spokesman of God, was a shock to the country. Several poems, such as Catherine Phillips' Upon the Double Murder of King Charles I express the depth of their outrage. In her poem, Catherine
Phillips describes the "double murder" of the king; execution of his life as well as execution of his dignity. By kill- ing a king, Catherine Phillips questioned the human race what they were capable of, how low they would sink. 

Begging during the reign of King Henry VIII.

1529. 1530  Begging, During the reign of Henry VIII, a proclamation was issued, describing idleness as the "mother and root of all vices" and ordering that whipping should replace the stocks as the punishment for vagabonds. This change was confirmed in statute the following year, with one important change; a distinction was made between the "impotent poor" and the sturdy beggar, giving the old, the sick and the disabled licence to beg. Still no provision was made, though, for the healthy man simply unable to find work. All able-bodied unemployed were put into the same category. Those unable to find work had a stark choice; starve or break the law. 
      

1660 February John Rhodes re opens Old Cockpit Theatre.

1660 February. John Rhodes reopens Old Cockpit Theatre in London, forms a company of young actors and begins
to stage plays. His production of Pericles will be the first Shakespearean performance of the Restoration era;
Thomas Betterton makes his stage debut in the title rôle.

1645 Battle of Inverlochy February 2nd.

1645 Battle of Inverlochy. February 2nd. was a battle of the Scottish Civil War in which General James Graham (1st.
Marquess of Montrose) routed the pursuing forces of the Archibald Campbell (1st. Marquess of Argyll).
1645 February 2nd. just before dawn, Archibald Campbell (Marquess of Argyll) and his Covenanters were dismayed
at the sight that lay before them, as far as they were aware General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose) should have been thirty miles north; Archibald Campbell (Marquess of Argyll) did not stay for the battle,instead he left the command of his army to General Duncan Campbell(2nd.Baronet and 6th.Lord of Auchinbreck) and retired to his galley that was anchored on Loch Linnhe.General Duncan Campbell (2nd.Baronet and 6th.Lord of Auchinbreck) lined up the Covenanters in front of Inverlochy castle, which he reinforced with two hundred mus- keteers to protect his left flank, in the centre he placed the Campbells of Argyll and put the lowland militias on the flanks. Unlike at Tippermuir and Aberdeen, where General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose) had annihilated hastily conscripted and poorly trained militias, the troops he faced at Inverlochy were veterans of the war in England. General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose), lined his army up in only two lines deep to avoid being out flanked, placing his six hundred Highlanders in the centre with the Irish on the flanks, the right being commanded by Alasdair MacColla Chiotaich(sir Alexander MacDonald); the fight did not start straight away and instead skirmishes broke out along the line, this is probably due to the fact that General Dun- can Campbell (Baronet, 6th. Lord of Auchinbreck) and his officers believed that they were only fighting one of James's lieutenants and not the man himself, believing he was still far up the glen. Just before first light, General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose) Royalists launched their attack, the Irish clashed violently with the lowlanders on both flanks and routed them while the Highlanders closed with the Campbells in the centre, the Campbells broke, and their retreat to Inverlochy castle blocked by the Royalist reserve cavalry under the command of Sir Thomas Ogilvie of Auchinbreck, He was shot in the thigh while trying to rally his men and died shortly after, the remaining Covenanters briefly rallied around their standard,then broke and ran, trying to reach Lochaber. The small garrison in Inverlochy castle surrendered without a fight; over fifteen hundred Covenanter troops died, while General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose) reputed to have only lost eight men, the most notable being Sir Thomas Ogilvie who was killed by a stray bullet. General James Graham (Marquess of Montrose)through his lieutenant, Alasdair MacColla Chiotaich (sir Alexander Mac-Donald (who commanded the two thousand Irish troops sent by the Irish Confederates) was able to use this conflict to rally Clan Donald against Clan Campbell; in many respects,the Battle of Inverlochy was as much part of the clan war between these two deadly enemies and their allies as it was part of the Wars of the three Kingdoms and that is how it was portrayed in Gaelic folklore. 

1609 to 1616, Britons as Slaves.

1609 to 1616. Britons as Slaves: Admiralty records show that during this time Barbary Corsairs plundered British shipping at will, England lost 466 merchant ships to Barbary pirates during this time, and 27 vessels from near Plymouth in 1625. In the first half of the 1600s, Barbary corsairs (pirates from the Barbary Coast of North Africa), authorised by their governments to attack the shipping of Christian countries - ranged all around Britain's shores. In their lanteen-rigged Xebecs (a type of ship) and oared galleys, they grabbed ships and sailors, and sold thousands of sailors into slavery.
Barbary Corsairs, lanteen-rigged Xebecs (a type of ship).

Potatoes come to UK & Ireland.

1597 Potatoes Come to the UK & Ireland: The potato started being grown in London by 1597, and soon became popular in Ireland and Scotland.Popularity for the potato came during the Industrial Revolution, when demand was created for cheap, energy-rich, non-cereal foods. Potatoes went on to become the basis for many peoples' essential nutrition around the world. When a fungus destroyed the potato crop in Ireland in 1845 the death toll of the infamous Irish Potato Famine was immense.