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Events on Tuesday 24 May 1689 1
1689Toleration Act grants limited religious freedom in EnglandNonconformist Protestants win the right to worship openlyThe Toleration Act allowed Protestant dissenters who swore allegiance to the crown to worship in licensed meeting houses, ending penalties for absence from Anglican services. Catholics, Unitarians, and those who rejected the Trinity remained excluded from its protections. The act was a compromise that eased, without ending, religious discrimination in England.