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Titus Oates
History of England
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| | 1649 | Birth of Oates, Titus | |
| Birth of Titus Oates |
| 1705 | Death of Oates, Titus | |
| Death of Titus Oates |
| 1678 | Popish Plot | |
A frenzy of anti-Catholic hatred sweeps through England , resulting in the judicial murder of a number of Roman  Catholic peers and commoners and in the arrest and persecution of many others |
| Claims that there is a Jesuit-guided plan to assassinate Charles II to hasten the succession of the Catholic James , duke of York, later James II |
| Oates enjoys temporary eminence and even accuses Queen Catherine of plotting to poison the King |
| The unexplained death of Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey, the judge to whom Tonge and Oates first told their story, was attributed without evidence to the Catholics, and three innocent men were hanged for it |
Titus Oates joins forces with Israel  Tonge to invent the story of the Popish Plot |
| 1685 | Popish Plot | |
| Oates is convicted of perjury, severely flogged, and imprisoned |
| 1685 | Trial of Oates | |
| Oates is convicted of perjury, severely flogged, and imprisoned |
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