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| Charles II
(1630 - 1685)
| Timeline |
| 1630 |
Born, St James's Palace, 29 May |
| 1649 |
Father executed, Charles escapes to France |
| 1650 |
Charles arrives in Scotland |
| 1651 |
Leads the Scottish army into England, is defeated by Cromwell at the battle of Worcester |
| 1660 |
Cromwell dies, Charles returns to England and is restored to the throne |
| 1661 |
Corporation Act excludes Nonconformists from holding municipal office |
| 1662 |
Marries Catherine of Braganza, daughter of the King of Portugal; Act of Uniformity |
| 1665 |
Five-Mile Act; beginning of Second Dutch War; plague strikes London |
| 1666 |
Great fire of London |
| 1670 |
Secret Treaty of Dover |
| 1672 |
Start of Third Dutch War |
| 1673 |
Test Act |
| 1678 |
Popish Plot fabricated by Titus Oates - persecution of Catholics |
| 1679 |
Habeus Corpus Act; Exclusion Bill |
| 1683 |
Rye House Plot |
| 1685 |
Converts to Catholicism on deathbed, dies 6 February |
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