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London Theaters reopened; actresses appear on the stage for the first time.
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Charles II was crowned in 1661
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The plague claims more than 68,000 people in London.
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The Great Fire swept through London from September 2nd to September 5th 1666.
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The English Test Act, of 1673, band Roman Catholics from public office.
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John Dryden's All for Love, or The World Well Last was first produced.
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King James II tries to reestablish the catholic church from 1685 - 1688.
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James II succeeded by protestant rulers William and Marry.
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John Locke publishes An Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
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England, Wales, and Scotland politically unify as Great Britain.
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Alexander Pope publishes The Rape of the Lock. This was first published anonymously, but then taken back and revised and reissued by Pope in 1714
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George I, who could not speak English, become King of England.
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Johnathan Swift publishes Gulliver's Travels.
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Swift publishes A Modest Proposal, protesting English treatment of Irish poor.
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Thomas Grey publishes "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"
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George III was crowned King of England (Became known as the King who lost the American Colonies)
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The British Parliament passes Stamp Act for taxing American Colonies
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Mozart Writes Symphony No. 1 at the age of only nine.
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Boston Tea Party protests tax on tea by dumping 342 chests of British tea into the harbor.
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The American Revolution begins in 1775 and lasts till 1783.
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The French Revolution began in 1789 to 1799
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The Rosetta Stone was found in Egypt.
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Napoleon heads revolutionary Government in France.