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Events on Friday 15 November 1680 1
1680Exclusion Bill Rejected by House of LordsEnglish Parliament fails to bar Catholic heir James from the throneOn 15 November 1680, the House of Lords voted down the Exclusion Bill, which the Commons had passed to prevent the Catholic James, Duke of York, from inheriting the English throne. The defeat deepened the political crisis dividing the emerging Whig and Tory factions. James succeeded his brother Charles II in 1685.