Cambridge in the Seventeenth Century

1601-1610

• 1603: King James I
• 1604: The University gained the right to two Members of Parliament
• 1605: Another charter granted to the University and to the town
• 1610: The New River
• 1610: The town tried to get city status

1611-1620

• 1613: Trinity College and the town did a deal, creating Parker's Piece as common pasture
• 1616: The town petitioned the King for city status, to match Oxford

1621-1630

• 1625: King Charles I

1631-1640

• 1631: The Earl of Bedford and promoters known as the Adventurers started Fen drainage operations, in spite of protest from the town and the University

1641-1650

• 1642: Civil War began. Cromwell (one of the town's MPs) strengthened the castle and destroyed all the bridges but the Great Bridge
• 1649: Interregnum; King Charles executed

1651-1660

• 1660: King Charles II

1661-1670

• 1661: Isaac Newton arrived at Trinity
• 1663: Henry Lucas (MP for the University) bequeathed land earning £100 per year to the University, which was used to found a lectureship in mathematics - the Lucasian Chair
• 1669: Isaac Barrow resigned the Lucasian chair in favour of Isaac Newton

1671-1680

• 1685: King James II
• 1688: King William III & Queen Mary II

1681-1690

1691-1700