1597—1597: Poor Law Act for erection of parish workhouses for the Poor - Poor Rate collection
allowed
2
1598
1598—1598: Bishop's transcripts of English and Welsh parish registers start - parish records were to
be kept in 'great decent books of parchment' and copies or 'Bishop's Transcripts' of new entries
were to be sent each month to the diocesan centre
3
1600
1 Jan 1600—1 Jan 1600: Scotland adopts New Year beginning 1st January (previously 25th March)
31 Dec 1600—31 Dec 1600: British East India Company founded
4
1601
1601—1601: Great English Poor Law Act passed
1601—1601: First use of fruit juice as a preventative for scurvy by James Lancaster
5
1602
20 Mar 1602—20 Mar 1602: Dutch East India Company founded
8 Nov 1602—8 Nov 1602: Bodleian Library at Oxford University opened to the public