English By lavy98 1746 BCE Charles Edward defeated at Culloden Period: 1740 BCE to 1750 BCE European Wars Period: 1727 BCE to 1760 BCE George II of Hanover 1719 BCE Daniel Defoe - Robinson Crusoe - fictional prose Period: 1714 BCE to Apr 26, 1727 George I of Hanover 1700 BCE William Congreve - The way of the world - comedy of manners 1667 BCE John Milton - Paradise Lost 1649 BCE Charles' I execution and the Commonwealth 1642 BCE Theatres closed by the Parliament Period: 1640 BCE to 1660 BCE Long Parliament 1628 BCE The Petition of Rights 1625 BCE Charles I 1625 BCE Francis Bacon - Essays 1605 BCE The Gunpowder Plot Apr 25, 1642 Civil War Apr 25, 1645 The Parliament Army broke the Royalists' Apr 25, 1660 Monarchy restored Apr 25, 1685 James II imposed the Catholic religion Apr 25, 1688 The Bloodless Revolution or the Glorious Revolution Apr 25, 1689 Bill of Rights Apr 25, 1690 Battle of Boyne Apr 25, 1701 Only Protestant heirs could ascend to the throne, Catholic heirs excluded Apr 25, 1704 Jonathan Swift - A tale of a tub - satire Apr 25, 1707 With the Act of Union Scottish and English Parliament founded the United Kingdom Apr 25, 1740 Richardson - Pamela - psychological and epistolary novel