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Samuel pepys begins his diary
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English Restoration
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The great plague of London kills thousands
The Great Plague killed between 75,000 and 100,000 of London’s rapidly expanding population of about 460,000. -
The great fire of London destroys a large section of the city.
This event happened from September 2nd to Septemner 5th. It was a major destroction that swepts through the central parts of the english cities of London. It consumed 13,200 houses, 87 parish churches, It is estimated to have destroyed the homes of 70,000 of the City's 80,000 inhabitants the number of death was unknown. -
Sir Isacc Newton publishes the law of gravity
Sir Isaac was the best scientist who ever lived. Newton showed that the motions of objects on Earth and of celestial bodies are governed by the same set of natural laws, by demonstrating the consistency between Kepler's laws of planetary motion and his theory of gravitation, thus removing the last doubts about heliocentrism and advancing the Scientific Revolution. -
John Locke pucblishes his essay called "two treaties'
The letter was an essay the true original extend and the end of the civil governent. he First Treatise attacks patriarchalism in the form of sentence-by-sentence refutation and the second one was the
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Addison and Steel begin periodical "the spectator'
Each paper or number, was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555n and began on 1 March These were collected into seven volumes. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months, and these papers when collected formed the eighth volume -
robert walpole, the first political leader to be called prime minister, takes office
Sir Robert Walpole was british stateman who was generally garded s the first prime minister of great britain. -
Samuel Johnson sings a contract to write a dictionary of the english launguage
was an English author who made lasting contributions to English literature as a poet, and many other things. Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language was published in 1755 it had a far-reaching effect on Modern English and has been described as "one of the greatest single achievements of scholarship.This work brought Johnson popularity and success. -
British rule over india, begins
Brittish rules over india because there 1000,00 men over 20 million indias. A year-long rebellion against the British ensued. Although the Indian Mutiny was unsuccessful, it prompted the British government to seize total control of all British interests in India in 1858, finally establishing a seamless imperialism. Claiming to be only interested in tradere -
war with colonies in North America begins
he colonial history of the United States covers the history of European settlements from the start of colonization of America until their incorporation into the United States. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America -
James Bowell issues the two volume life of samuel johnson
many have claimed it as the greatest biography written in English. While Boswell's personal acquaintance with his subject only began in 1763. This was a great source of information. he admired his friend very much
