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The English 1660s

By VirulentShadow

  • Charles II "begins" the Restoration

    Parliament declares for Prince Charles Stuart after the Interregnum and the death of Oliver Cromwell. Charles arrives in London and takes the throne. ///
    “Charles II (r.1660 -1685).” The Official Website of the British Monarchy. The Royal
    Household, 2008-2011. Web. 21 Jan. 2012.
    <http://www.royal.gov.uk/HistoryoftheMonarchy/KingsandQueensoftheUnitedKingdom/
    TheStuarts/CharlesII.aspx >.

  • First Professional Woman on Stage

    After centuries of men playing female roles, Othello's Desdemona is portrayed by Margaret Hughes; other possible candidates for "first" are Anne Marshall or Katherine Corey. ///
    Howe, Elizabeth. The First English Actresses: Women and Drama, 1660-1700. Cambridge:
    Cambridge UP, 1992. Print. (pg. 24)

  • 1662 Act of Uniformity

    Standardized the Book of Common Prayer as the official set of ritual for the Church of England. /// “An Act for the Uniformity of Publick Prayers.” The Book of Common Prayer. Lynda M.
    Howell. Web. 21 Jan. 2012.
    http://www.eskimo.com/~lhowell/bcp1662/intro/uniformity_1662.html.
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    Aphra Behn Married / Recruited as Spy by Charles II

    Summers, Montague. “Feminism and Women's Studies: Memoir of Aphra Behn.” Feminism and
    Women's Studies: Welcome. EServer, 3 Aug. 2005. Web. 21 Jan. 2012.
    http://feminism.eserver.org/theory/papers/memoir-of-aphra-behn.txt/document_view.

  • Last Major Bubonic Outbreak in England

    Leasor, James. The Plague and the Fire. London: House of Stratus, 2001. Print.

  • John Wilmot attempts to abduct Elizabeth Malet (and later marries her)

    Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1665 N.S. /// Pepys, Samuel. “The Diary of Samuel Pepys.” The Project Gutenberg. Ed. Henry
    Wheatley. 22 Mar. 2009. Web. 21 Jan. 2012.
    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4162/4162-h/4162-h.htm.

  • Great Fire of London

    Leasor, James. The Plague and the Fire. London: House of Stratus, 2001. Print.

  • First Ed. of *Paradise Lost* Sold and Published

    Lindenbaum, Peter. “Authors and Publishers in the Late Seventeenth Century: New Evidence on
    Their Relations.” The Library S6-17.3 (1995): 250-69. Web.
    http://library.oxfordjournals.org/content/s6-17/3/250.extract.

  • Issac Newton Builds First Reflecting Telescope

    Reflectors use a primary and secondary mirror to gather and focus light, rather than the refracting method of lensing. /// Hall, Alfred Rupert. Isaac Newton: Adventurer in Thought. Cambridge: Univ., 2000. Print. (pg. 67)

  • Five Charters to EITC

    Charles gives the East India Trading Company far-reaching charters to mint money, hire troops, form alliances, etc., thereby cementing British colonial rule. ///
    “East India Company.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. 11th ed. Print.