Titus Oates and his 'Popish Plot' (In Our Time)
1678 · Resource
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Titus Oates (1649-1705) who, with Israel Tonge, spread rumours of a Catholic plot to assassinate Charles II. From 1678, they went to great lengths to support their scheme, forging evidence and identifying the supposed conspirators. Fearing a second Gunpowder Plot, Oates' supposed revelations caused uproar in London and across
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1678
- Newton's Principia Mathematica (1687)
- English Civil War (1642)
- Qing dynasty (1644)
- Peace of Westphalia (1648)
- Glorious Revolution (1688)
- English Bill of Rights (1689)
- Peter the Great (1672)
- Reign of Louis XIV (the Sun King) (1643)
- Age of Enlightenment (1685)
- Kingdom of Prussia proclaimed (1701)