key dates and events, 1660-1689

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restoration of CII
1660
1 of 83
declaration of breda
apr 1660
2 of 83
act of general pardon, indemnity and oblivion
aug 1660
3 of 83
worcester house declaration
oct 1660
4 of 83
restoration settlement
1660
5 of 83
cavalier parliament
1661
6 of 83
assessment tax
1661
7 of 83
sale of dunkirk to Louis XIV
1662
8 of 83
CII's marriage to Catherine of Braganza
1662
9 of 83
hearth tax
1662
10 of 83
excise tax reintroduced
1662
11 of 83
quaker act
1662
12 of 83
act of uniformity
1662
13 of 83
catherine of braganza discovered barren
1663
14 of 83
1st declaration of indulgence
1662
15 of 83
1st declaration of indulgence rejected
1663
16 of 83
triennial act
1664
17 of 83
conventicle act
1664
18 of 83
2nd dutch war
feb 1665
19 of 83
battle of lowestoft
1665
20 of 83
great fire of london
1666
21 of 83
2nd dutch war failed
jun 1667
22 of 83
treaty of breda
jul 1667
23 of 83
cabal ministry
1667
24 of 83
CII refuses to legitimise Monmouth
1667
25 of 83
England joined triple alliance
jan 1668
26 of 83
1st Treaty of Dover
May 1670
27 of 83
2nd Treaty of Dover
Dec 1670
28 of 83
2nd Conventicle Act
1670
29 of 83
'Stop the Exchequer'
1671
30 of 83
3rd Treaty of Dover
Feb 1672
31 of 83
2nd declaration of indulgence
mar 162
32 of 83
3rd anglo-dutch war
1672
33 of 83
CII agrees to the 1st Test Act
1673
34 of 83
CII forced to withdraw 2nd dec of indulgence
1673
35 of 83
exclusion proposed in house of commons
1673
36 of 83
james marries catholic, mary of modena
1673
37 of 83
james refuses to take oath - catholic
1673
38 of 83
treaty of westminster. ends 3rd dutch war
feb 1674
39 of 83
cabal collapsed
1674
40 of 83
danby's ministry
1674
41 of 83
secret anglo-french treaty
1676
42 of 83
will and mary marry
1677
43 of 83
CII warned about 'Popish Plot'
aug 1678
44 of 83
godfrey found murdered
oct 1678
45 of 83
danby's fall
1678
46 of 83
CII governs personally
1678
47 of 83
Exclusion crisis
1679-81
48 of 83
CII sent monmouth to netherlands
1679
49 of 83
1st exclusion bill and parliament
1679
50 of 83
2nd exclusion parliament
oct 1680
51 of 83
exclusion bill passes in commons, not lords
nov 1680
52 of 83
financially solvent
1680
53 of 83
'Second Personal Rule'
1681
54 of 83
Rye House Plot
1683
55 of 83
rebellion in the highlands - duke of argyll
may 1685
56 of 83
monmouth's rebellion
june 1685
57 of 83
monmouth marched into taunton and declared himself King
june 1685
58 of 83
monmouth executed
jul 1685
59 of 83
parliament reasembled
nov 1685
60 of 83
JII came to the throne
1685
61 of 83
Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes
1685
62 of 83
case of Godden v hales
1686
63 of 83
re-establishment of Court of High COmmission
1686
64 of 83
repealed Test Act
1687
65 of 83
1st Declaration of Indulgence (JII)
1687
66 of 83
2nd dec of indulgence (JII)
apr 1688
67 of 83
birth of male heir
june 1688
68 of 83
petition of the 7 bishops
1688
69 of 83
acquittal of the 7 bishops
june 1688
70 of 83
letter of the immortal 7
june 1688
71 of 83
invitation to Will to intervene
july 1688
72 of 83
will invaded
nov 1688
73 of 83
will landed in Torbay
nov 1688
74 of 83
will entered london
dec 1688
75 of 83
queen mary & james' son, james, sent to france
dec 1688
76 of 83
JII disbanded army and fled
dec 1688
77 of 83
JII recognised, caught and sent back
dec 1688
78 of 83
JII's 2nd attempt to flee
dec 1688
79 of 83
assembly of peers and irregular assembly invited will to be king
dec 1688
80 of 83
the glorious revolution
1688
81 of 83
will and mary offered crown
feb 1689
82 of 83
bill of rights
1689
83 of 83

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