Reversal of Strafford Attainder
Parliament and Charles II reversed the attainder imposed on the first Earl of Strafford.
Role range: 1660-1685
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Charles II Biography and Timeline
Follow Charles II through 2 dated historical records for England.
Charles II, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
2Distinct records
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1662–1675Years on this page
1662
1675
Charles Second Orders Greenwich Observatory
The king directed that an observatory be constructed in Greenwich Park as part of the effort to determine longitude.
Records, sources and methodology
These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.