{"slug": "house-of-commons-of-england", "label": "House of Commons of England", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_England", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5914849", "qid": "Q5914849", "description": "historic English lower house of Parliament, from the medieval period until 1707", "entries": 8, "years": 7, "span": [1402, 1705], "span_label": ["1402 CE", "1705 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "house-of-lords", "label": "House of Lords", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "coventry", "label": "Coventry", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "new-model-army", "label": "New Model Army", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1402, "year_label": "1402 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "October 1", "text": "October 1 – The House of Commons of England is opened at Coventry by King Henry IV, whose Lord Chancellor asks the members to pass a tax to support an offensive war against Scotland, enemies of Wales, Ireland and for defending the Marches of Guienne and Calais. Henry Redford is elected Speaker of the House.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371594109#October–December", "title": "1402", "revid": 1371594109, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1571, "year_label": "1571 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – The House of Commons of England introduces the first pro forma bill, symbolizing its authority over its own affairs.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369367955#July–September", "title": "1571", "revid": 1369367955, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1647, "year_label": "1647 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 3", "text": "April 3 – In England, a letter from the Agitators of the New Model Army, protesting delay of pay, is read in the House of Commons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358071698#April–June", "title": "1647", "revid": 1358071698, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1649, "year_label": "1649 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – The House of Commons of England passes an act abolishing the House of Lords, which it describes in the act as \"useless and dangerous to the people of England\".", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367892628#January–March", "title": "1649", "revid": 1367892628, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1678, "year_label": "1678 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 1", "text": "December 1 – The Test Act provides that members of both the House of Lords and House of Commons of England must swear an anti-Catholic oath, before taking office.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368552109#October–December", "title": "1678", "revid": 1368552109, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "English manufacturers call for an embargo on Indian cloth, and silk weavers picket the House of Commons of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#Date_unknown", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1695, "year_label": "1695 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 17", "text": "April 17 – The House of Commons of England decides not to renew the Licensing Order of 1643, and states its reasoning, beginning with \"Because it revives, and re-enacts, a Law which in no-wise answered the End for which it was made\". The lifting of censorship creates a more open society, and an explosion of print results. Within 30 years, the number of printing houses in England increases from 20 to 103.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368691153#April–June", "title": "1695", "revid": 1368691153, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1705, "year_label": "1705 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 7", "text": "May 7 – 1705 English general election: Voting begins for 110 constituencies of the 513-member House of Commons of England (including Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355353320#April–June", "title": "1705", "revid": 1355353320, "section": "Events › April–June"}}]}