March 16 » The Long Parliament of England is dissolved so as to prepare for the new Convention Parliament.
April 4 » Declaration of Breda by King Charles II of Great Britain promises, among other things, a general pardon to all royalists for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum.
May 21 » The Battle of Long Sault concludes after five days in which French colonial militia, with their Huron and Algonquin allies, are defeated by the Iroquois Confederacy.
May 29 » English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
October 17 » The Nine regicides who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England are hanged, drawn and quartered.
November 28 » At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.
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