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Charles 2 is proclaimed king of england
he was the second son of charles the first and mother of queen henrietta maria. was born may 1630, he accompanied the king during the campaigns of the civil war. -
London theaters reopen; actress appear onstage for the first time
Public stage peformances was banned for almost 18 years , all londen theatres reopened in 1660. -
plague claims more than 68,000 people in london
more then 68,000 were thought to have died -
great fire destroys much of london
the great fire began at night of september , it started off as a small fire on pudding lane around one a servant found the house aflame soon the fire began to expand -
Revolution james 2nd is succeeded by protestant rules of william and mary
he tried to gain the support of Protestant Dissenters by offering toleration to them in a Declaration of Indulgence but only little people trusted him, he imprisoned seven bishops, he attempted to woo whigs and dissenters . a new paraliment assembled that william and mary joint rulers. -
Alexander pope published part of The Rape of the Lock
the rape of the lock was a brief lettter from pope to the poem's real life subject arabella. -
Swift publish a modest proposal, protesting english treatment of the irish poor
the modest proposal was considered as one of the finest examples of satire in world history. -
voltaire publishes candide
Was written by François-Marie Arouet, he was born into a middle-class family in paris. candide was known as francois signature work -
George 3rd is crowned as king of england; becomes known as the king who lost the american colonies
he had conflict with america , and accused by critics. he lost many wars. -
british paraliament passes stamp act for taxing american colonies
the act was imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies. -
African american poet phillis weatley's poems on various subject, religious and moral is published in london
phillis has a collection on 39 poems , she was the first professional african women poet in america and also the first african american women writtings to be published. -
bosten tea party occurs
the bosten tea party happened in 3 british ships in the bosten harbor. it took place because of the colonists not wanting to pay taxes on the british tea. -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes a vindication of the rights of women
mary was the first great feminst treatise -
Napoleon heads revolitionary government in france
Bonaparte staged coup d'etat , oblishing the directory and appointing himself france's 'first consul.
