"If God is sovereign, then his lordship must extend over all of life, and it cannot be restricted to the walls of the church or within the Christian orbit." Abraham Kuyper Common Grace 1.1.
| PERIOD | MONARCH | DATE | KEY EVENT | DESCRIPTION | KEY CALVINISTS (BY DEATH DATE) |
| Nineteenth century | 1804 | British and Foreign Bible Society founded | |||
| 1806 | Burghurs split in Auld and New Lichts | Abraham Booth (1734-1806) | |||
| 1807 | John Newton (1725-1807) | ||||
| 1807 | Aged Pilgrims’ Friendly Society founded | ||||
| 1813 | William Huntingdon (1745-1813) | ||||
| 1814 | John Sutcliff (1752-1814) | ||||
| 1814 | Andrew Fuller (1782-1815) | ||||
| 1815 | United Secession Church | Established by union of New Licht Burghers and Anti-Burghers | Thomas Haweis (1734-1820) | ||
| George IV (1820 – 1830) | 1820 | ||||
| 1822 | Auld Lichts rejoin the Church of Scotland | ||||
| 1823 | William Ward (1769-1823) | ||||
| 1824 | Gospel Tract Society founded | ||||
| 1825 | John Rippon (1751-1825) | ||||
| 1827 | Robert Hawker (1753-1827) | ||||
| 1829 | Roman Catholic Emancipation Act | ||||
| George IV (1830 – 1837) | 1830 | ||||
| 1831 | Trinitarian Bible Society founded | ||||
| 1832 | Joseph Kinghorn (1766-1832) | ||||
| 1833 | Gospel Herald magazine founded | ||||
| 1834 | William Carey (1761-1834) | ||||
| 1834 | Joseph Ivimey (1773-1834) | ||||
| 1835 | Gospel Standard Magazine founded | ||||
| 1836 | Charles Simeon (1759-1836) | ||||
| Victoria (1837 – 1901) | 1837 | William Steadman (1764-1837) | |||
| 1837 | Joshua Marshman (1768-1837) | ||||
| 1838 | William Rushton (1796-1838) | ||||
| 1838 | Christmas Evans (1766-1838) | ||||
| John Elias (1774-1841) | |||||
| 1840 | William Nunn (1786-1840) | ||||
| 1842 | Robert Haldane (1764-1842) | ||||
| 1844 | Formation of the Free Church of England | William Gadsby (1773-1844) | |||
| 1844 | Alexander Carson (1776-1844) | ||||
| 1845 | William Knibb (1803-1845) | ||||
| 1845 | The Protestant Alliance founded founded | ||||
| 1845 | Earthen Vessel magazine founded | ||||
| 1847 | United Presbyterism Church forms | Merger of United Secession Church and Relief Church | Thomas Chalmers (1780– 1847) | ||
| 1847 | John Stevens (1776-1847) | ||||
| 1850 | Scottish Reformation Society founded | ||||
| 1850 | Free Church of Scotland | Formed by one third of Church of Scotland's congregation who embrace evangelicalism and object to patronage system of appointment of ministers | |||
| 1851 | Scottish Reformation Society founded | ||||
| 1852 | United Original Secession Church | Some members split to join the Free Church of Scotland | Joseph Irons (1785-1852) | ||
| 1852 | Christopher Anderson (1782-1852) | ||||
| 1861 | William Cunningham (1805-1861) | ||||
| 1862 | Andrew Reed (1787-1862) | ||||
| 1864 | William Tiptaft (1803-1864) | ||||
| 1865 | Church Association founded | ||||
| 1869 | J. C. Philpot (1802-1869) | ||||
| 1870 | John Kershaw (1792-1870) | ||||
| 1872 | James Wells (1803-1872) | ||||
| 1873 | Robert S. Candlish (1806–1873) | ||||
| Alexander Duff (1806-1878) | |||||
| 1878 | William McKerrow (1803-1878) | ||||
| 1889 | The Protestant Truth Society founded | ||||
| 1892 | C H Spurgeon (1834-1892) | ||||
| 1892 | The Bible League Trust founded | ||||
| 1892 | Bible League Quarterly founded | ||||
| 1893 | Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland formed | Split from the Free Church of Scotland | |||
| 1897 | Christian’s Pathway magazine founded | ||||
| 1898 | Protestant Alliance Magazine founded | ||||
| 1900 | J C Ryle (1816-1900) | ||||
| Edward VII (1901 – 1910) | 1901 | ||||
| Twentieth century | 1906 | The National Church League founded | |||
| George V (1910 – 1936) | 1910 | Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910) | |||
| 1914 | Sovereign Grace Union (SGU) founded | ||||
| 1915 | First SGU conference | ||||
| 1917 | Peace and Truth magazine founded | ||||
| 1918 | Fellowship of Evangelical Churchmen founded | ||||
| 1920 | Free Grace Record founded | ||||
| 1922 | Bible Churchmen’s Society founded | ||||
| 1924 | Henry Wace (1836-1924) | ||||
| 1927 | Free Church of England and Reformed Episcopal Church unite | ||||
| 1928 | Parliamentary defeat of the Revised Prayer Book | ||||
| 1929 | Evangelical Quarterly founded | ||||
| 1929 | SGU delegates visit the Netherlands | ||||
| 1930 | William Sykes (1861-1930) | ||||
| 1932 | SGU publishes Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism | ||||
| 1932 | ‘The Reformed Faith: commonly called Calvinism’. 1st International Conference of Calvinists (18th SGU conference) | ||||
| 1933 | Henry Atherton (1875-1933) | ||||
| Edward VIII (1936) | |||||
| George VI (1936 – 1952) | 1936 | ||||
| 1937 | James Kidwell Popham (1847-1937) | ||||
| 1938 | 4th International Conference of Calvinists held in Edinburgh | ||||
| 1939 | John R. Mackay (1865-1939) | ||||
| 1943 | Donald Maclean (1869-1943) | ||||
| 1947 | Evangelical Quarterly publsihed paper by Dooyeweerd | ||||
| 1950 | The Church Society founded | ||||
| 1951 | Thomas Houghton (1859-1951) | ||||
| Elizabeth II (1952- ) | 1952 | The Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches founded | Arthur W. Pink (1886-1952) | ||
| 1952 | British Evangelical Council founded | ||||
| 1955 | Banner of Truth Magazine founded | ||||
| 1958 | International Reformed Bulletin begins publication | ||||
| 1959 | Eternal Truth magazine founded | ||||
| 1960 | Latimer Trust founded | ||||
| 1961 | 4th IARFA Conference in Cambridge | ||||
| 1963 | E.L. Hebden Taylor returns to UK | ||||
| 1966 | |||||
| 1967 | The Evangelical Times magazine founded | ||||
| 1968 | 6th IARFA Conference in Nottingham | ||||
| 1970 | 1st AACS Conference, in Birmingham | ||||
| 1970 | Reformation Today magazine founded | ||||
| 1970 | Grace Magazine founded from merger of Free Grace Record and Gospel Herald | ||||
| 1971 | 2nd AACS conference, Bristol | ||||
| 1975 | CSU Summer School, Derby | ||||
| 1976 | IARFA Conference, Edinburgh | ||||
| 1977 | International Reformed Bulletin edited by David Hanson | ||||
| 1978 | Foundations magazine founded | ||||
| 1981 | IRB ceases publication | D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899-1981) | |||
| 1982 | College House in Cambridge (CHiC) begins | ||||
| 1989 | WYSOCS founded | G.N.M. Collins (1901-1989) | |||
| 1990 | British Reformed Fellowship founded | ||||
| 1993 | British Reformed Journal magazine founded | ||||
| 1996 | New Focus magazine founded |
| PERIOD | MONARCH | DATE | KEY EVENT | DESCRIPTION | KEY CALVINISTS (BY DEATH DATE) |
| Splintering | Charles II (1660-1685) | 1660 | Restoration of the monarchy | ||
| 1661 | Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661) | ||||
| 1662 | Act of Uniformity | Isaac Ambrose (1604-1662) | |||
| 1662 | Great Ejection | ||||
| 1665 | Five Mile Act | Expelled clergy couldn't minister with 5 miles of parish | |||
| 1666 | Edmund Calamy (1600-1666) | ||||
| 1668 | Joseph Alleine (1634-1668) | ||||
| 1668 | John Spilsbury (c.1593-1668) | ||||
| 1669 | John Trapp (1601-1669) | ||||
| 1670 | John Davenport (1597-1670) | ||||
| 1671 | William Bridge (1600-1671) | ||||
| 1672 | Declaration of indulgences | Extend religiuous liberty to RC & non-C | |||
| 1673 | Parliament Test Acts | Public servants had to denounce RC and be communicant members of the CoE | Joseph Caryl (1602-1673) | ||
| 1673 | Parliament Test Act withdrawn | ||||
| 1674 | John Milton (1608-1674) | ||||
| 1675 | John Lightfoot (1602-1675) | ||||
| 1676 | Edward Reynolds (1599-1676) | ||||
| 1677 | Thomas Manton (1620-1677) | ||||
| 1679 | William Gurnall (1617-1679) | ||||
| 1679 | Matthew Poole (1624-1679) | ||||
| 1679 | William Gurnall (1616–1679) | ||||
| 1680 | Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) | ||||
| 1680 | Thomas Brooks (1608-1680) | ||||
| 1680 | Stephen Charnock (1628-1680) | ||||
| 1683 | John Owen (1616-1683) | ||||
| 1686 | Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686) | ||||
| James II (1685-1688) | |||||
| 1686 | David Clarkson (1622-1686) | ||||
| 1688 | John Bunyan (1628-1688) | ||||
| 1689 | Toleration Act | ||||
| William II and Mary | |||||
| 1690 | Church of Scotland adopts Presbyterianism | ||||
| 1691 | Richard Baxter (1615-1691) | ||||
| 1691 | John Flavel (1630-1691) | ||||
| 1701 | Hanserd Knollys (1599-1691) | ||||
| 1701 | William Kiffin (1616-1701) | ||||
| Anne (1702-1714) | |||||
| 1704 | Benjamin Keach (1640-1704) | ||||
| 1705 | John Howe (1630-1705) | ||||
| 1712 | Isaac Chauncy (1632-1712) | ||||
| George I (1714 -1727) | 1714 | Matthew Henry (1662-1714) | |||
| 1716 | Robert Traill (1642-1716) | ||||
| 1716 | Daniel Williams (1643-1716) | ||||
| 1718 | Republication of The Marrow of Modern Divinity | ||||
| 1721 | John Skepp (1675-1721) | ||||
| 1726 | Joseph Hussey (1660-1726) | ||||
| George II (1727 – 1760) | 1727 | ||||
| 1733 | Original Secession Church known as Associate Presbytery | Established in objection to the existing method of minister appointments | |||
| 1747 | Associate Presbytery spilts into Burghers and Anti-Burghers | Anti-Burghers wanted a greater separation of church and state | |||
| 1751 | Philip Doddridge (1702–1751) | ||||
| George III (1760 – 1820) | |||||
| 1761 | Relief Church secedes from Church of Scotland | Established in further objections to patronage system | |||
| 1763 | William Grimshaw (1708-1763) | ||||
| 1763 | John Berridge (1716−1793) | ||||
| 1765 | John Brine (1703-1765) | ||||
| 1765 | Anne Dutton (1692-1765) | ||||
| 1768 | Trevecca College opens | ||||
| 1770 | George Whitefield (1714-1770) | ||||
| 1771 | John Gill (1697-1771) | ||||
| 1773 | Howell Harris (1714-1773) | ||||
| 1778 | First Roman Catholic Releif Act | Augustus Toplady (1740-1778) | |||
| 1778 | Anne Steele (1717-1778) | ||||
| 1782 | Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion Chapels become dissenting | ||||
| 1790 | Daniel Rowland (1713-1790) | ||||
| 1791 | Selina, Countess of Huntingdon (1707-1791) | ||||
| 1791 | Robert Hall Sr (1728-1791) | ||||
| 1791 | Caleb Evans (1737-1791) | ||||
| 1795 | John Collett Ryland (1723-1792) | ||||
| 1795 | Orange Order founded | William Romaine (1714-1795) | |||
| 1795 | Benjamin Beddome (1717-1795) | ||||
| 1798 | The Burghers and Anti-Burghurs split into Auld and New Lichts | ||||
| 1799 | Samuel Pearce (1766-1799) | ||||
| 1799 | Samuel Medley (1738-1799) | ||||
| 1799 | Benjamin Francis (1734-1799) | ||||
| PERIOD | MONARCH | DATE | KEY EVENT | DESCRIPTION | KEY CALVINISTS (BY DEATH DATE) |
| Suffering | Mary I (1553-1558) | 1555 | Latimer and Ridley burnt for heresy | Nicholas Ridley (1500-1555) | |
| 1555 | John Bradford (1510-1555) | ||||
| 1555 | Hugh Latimer (1487-1555) | ||||
| 1556 | Reginald Pole ABp of Canterbury | Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556) | |||
| Settlement | Elizabeth I (1558-1603) | 1558 | Marian exiles return | John Hooper (c.1495-1555) | |
| 1558 | Walter Mylin martyred in St Andrews | ||||
| 1559 | ABp of Canterbury Mathew Parker | ||||
| 1559 | Act of Supremacy | Elizabeth I supreme governor of the coE | |||
| 1559 | John Knox returns to Scotland from Geneva | ||||
| 1559 | University of Geneva founded | ||||
| 1560 | Geneva Bible published | ||||
| John Calvin dies in Geneva | |||||
| 1569 | Cartwright appointed Lady Margaret professor, Cambridge | Miles Coverdale (1488-1569) | |||
| 1572 | John Knox (1514-1572) | ||||
| 1575 | Matthew Parker (1504-1575) | ||||
| 1576 | ABp of Canterbury Edmund Grindal | Edward Dering (c.1540-1576) | |||
| 1577 | Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) | ||||
| 1579 | William Whittingham (1524-1579) | ||||
| 1580 | Rise of Puritanism | ||||
| 1582 | Robert Brown publishes books | ||||
| 1583 | ABp Canterbury John Whitgift | Edmund Grindal (1519-1583) | |||
| 1588 | John Field (1545-1588) | ||||
| 1593 | Law that required all to attend parish church | John Greenwood (c. 1550-1593) | |||
| 1593 | Henry Barrowe (c 1550-1593) | ||||
| 1602 | William Perkins (1558-1602) | ||||
| James I (1603-1625) | 1603 | Millenary Petition to King James I | Thomas Cartwright (1535-1603) | ||
| 1604 | Richard Bancroft ABp Canterbury | ||||
| 1604 | Hampton Court Conference | Initiation of KJV | |||
| 1607 | John Rainolds (1549-1607) | ||||
| 1611 | KJV of the Bible published | ||||
| 1617 | Paul Baynes (c.1560-1617) | ||||
| 1622 | Andrew Melville (1545–1622) | ||||
| 1624 | Henry Jacob (1563-1624) | ||||
| Charles I (1625-1649) | 1625 | ||||
| 1628 | John Preston (1587-1628) | ||||
| 1629 | Dissolution of parliament | ||||
| 1634 | John Forbes (1568-1634) | ||||
| 1635 | Walter Travers (c. 1548–1635) | ||||
| 1638 | Joseph Mede (1586-1638) | ||||
| 1640 | Lawrence Chaderton (1536-1640) | ||||
| 1641 | John Ball (1585-1640) | ||||
| 1643 | Westmister Assemby | Tobias Crisp (1600-1643) | |||
| 1644 | First London Baptist Confession of faith | John Forbes (1593-1644) | |||
| 1645 | Creation of New Model army | ||||
| 1646 | William Twisse (1578-1646) | ||||
| 1646 | John Davenant (1576-1641) | ||||
| 1646 | Jeremiah Burroughes (1599-1646) | ||||
| 1649 | Execution of Charles I - Britian becomes a republic | ||||
| Interegnum: Oliver Cromwell (1653-1658) | 1653 | William Gouge (1578-1653) | |||
| 1654 | Thomas Gataker (1574-1654) | ||||
| 1654 | Thomas Adams (1612-1653) | ||||
| 1654 | Samuel Bolton (1606-1654) | ||||
| 1656 | Joseph Hall (1574-1656) | ||||
| 1656 | James Ussher (1581-1656) | ||||
| 1656 | Edward Fisher (1627-1656) | ||||
| Richard Cromwell (1658-1659) | 1658 | Savoy Declartation of Church and Order | |||
| 1659 | Protectorate dissolved |
