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Samuel pepys begin his dairy.
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John Dryden is named first official poet.
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John Locke publishes his essay two Treatises on Government,starting the natural right of life,liberty and property.
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Addison and Steele begin periodical The Spectator.
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Samuel richardson's novel Pamela is published.
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king of England
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The publication of Encyclopaedia Britannica begins in Scotland
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War with colonies in North America begins to 1783
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The french Revolution begins to 1799
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French king louis XVI is executed by guillotine