Publication of 'a letter from a person of quality to his friend in the country'
1675
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TEA ACT taxed tea and required coffee houses to apply for a licence
1676
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Further secret negotiations between CII and LXIV
1676
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(IRE) Ormonde re-appointed Lord Lieutenant in Ireland (after his replacement by Robartes)
1677
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Danby colludes in secret negotiations with English Ambassador in Paris for more French subsidies
1677
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Publication of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
1678
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(SCOT) 'Highland Host' billeted in SW Scotland to quell dissenters
1678
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Peace of Nijmwegen between France and Dutch Republic
1678
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Popish Plot (PP)
1678
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Israel Tonge (who revealed the PP to CII) reveals details to Privy Council and introduces his informant Titus Oates. Security measures immediately introduced against Catholics
1678
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Sir Edmund Berry (had taken depositions from Tonge and Oates) found murdered. Fuels anti-Catholic hysteria
1678
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Houses of Parliament accept reality of the Popish Plot
1678
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Proposal in Commons for JDY to be banned from CII's presence andCouncil
1678
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Second Test Act, excluding Catholics from both Houses of Parliament
1678
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CII accuses wife Catherine of Braganza with treason for having no children
1678
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39 executions as a result of the Popish Plot
1678
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Ralph Montagu revealed Danby's collusion in negotiations for French subsidies
1678
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Commons votes to impeach Danby
1678
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Charles dissolves the Cavalier Parliament
1679
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First EXCLUSION PARLIAMENT
1679
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Danby resigned as Lord Chancellor to avoid impeachment and was imprisoned until 1684
1679
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Charles appoints leading critics, including Shaftesbury to Privy Council
1679
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Coleman's letters implicating JDY in negotiation with France and Rome
1679
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Charles proposes 'limitation' on any Catholic successor
1679
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(SCOT) Arch Bishop Sharp of Scotland murdered by Covenanters
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