1661
Alliance Agreement at London
Clarendon supports the Portuguese match as a strategic alliance for the restored monarchy.
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Clarendon supports the Portuguese match as a strategic alliance for the restored monarchy.
Is arrested after losing Louis XIV's confidence.
The marriage treaty grants Bombay to England as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry.
Given a state funeral & buried in the High Kirk of St Giles
Venner is captured after the failure of the Fifth Monarchist rising.
Charles II opens the Cavalier Parliament, beginning a long royalist-dominated session.
Charles II opens the Cavalier Parliament, which consolidates the restored monarchy.
The Cavalier Parliament assembles and begins consolidating the restored monarchy.
Charles II gives assent to the Corporation Act during the Cavalier Parliament.
Clarendon guides royal policy as the Cavalier Parliament begins reshaping the Restoration settlement.
Clarendon supports the king's programme as the Cavalier Parliament begins its work.
Turnor serves as Speaker of the House of Commons in the Cavalier Parliament.
Charles II gives assent to the Corporation Act, reshaping municipal government after the Restoration.
Charles II gives royal assent to the Corporation Act regulating municipal office.
Clarendon's ministry backs the Corporation Act as part of the Restoration settlement.
Turnor presides over the Commons during the Parliament that passes the Corporation Act.
Venner is executed after leading the Fifth Monarchist rising against Charles II.
Falls seriously ill, reducing his direct involvement in government affairs.
Afonso VI's government concludes the treaty renewing alliance with England through Catherine's marriage.
Catherine of Braganza is named as Charles II's bride in the Anglo-Portuguese marriage treaty.
Charles II agrees the Portuguese marriage treaty that brings Catherine of Braganza as queen.
Opens the Cavalier Parliament, the first fully legal royalist Parliament after the Restoration.
Turnor is chosen Speaker of the House of Commons for the Cavalier Parliament.
Ashley-Cooper is created Baron Ashley in the Restoration peerage.
Takes personal control after Mazarin's death.
Appointed Prime Minister of France, appoints himself
Bradshaw's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for presiding over the trial of Charles I.
Cromwell's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn as part of the Restoration punishment of regicide leaders.
Ireton's body is posthumously hanged at Tyburn for his role in the Commonwealth regime.
Venner leads a Fifth Monarchist rising against the restored monarchy.
Venner leads armed Fifth Monarchists in a short-lived rising against the Restoration government.
The Cavalier Parliament assembles and helps consolidate the restored Stuart monarchy.
The marriage treaty grants Tangier to England as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry.
Bates serves among the Presbyterian commissioners at the Savoy Conference.
Baxter represents Presbyterian concerns during the Savoy Conference on church settlement.
Baxter represents Presbyterian ministers and argues for revisions to the Prayer Book.
Calamy joins Presbyterian delegates seeking changes to the restored church settlement.
Cosin serves among the bishops defending the restored Church of England liturgy.
Frewen acts as nominal chairman during the Savoy Conference on church settlement.
Frewen is named among episcopal commissioners for the conference on church settlement.
Henchman participates in the episcopal delegation at the Savoy Conference.
King serves among the bishops defending the restored Church of England settlement.
Manton joins Presbyterian representatives pressing for changes to the Prayer Book.
Pearson assists the episcopal side during debate over the restored liturgy.
Sheldon convenes the Savoy Conference to seek agreement between bishops and Presbyterian ministers.
Sheldon leads the episcopal side as the Savoy Conference opens to review church settlement.
Warner joins the episcopal commissioners at the Savoy Conference.
Receives formal recognition of hereditary sovereignty.
Turnor is appointed Speaker of the House of Commons in the Cavalier Parliament.
The marriage treaty grants Tangier to England as part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry.
Confirms the Armistice agreed with Sweden in 1658
Confirms the Armistice agreed with Sweden in 1658
Venner leads armed Fifth Monarchists against the restored monarchy in London.
Birth of Charles II, son of Mariana de Austria & Philip IV
Birth of Jahandar Shah, son of the future emperor Bahadur Shah I
Birth of Theodore III, eldest surviving son of Tsar Alexius and Maria Miloslavskaya
Death of Jules Mazarin, in the castle of Vincennes
On the death of Mazarin assumes complete control
Charles II is crowned at Westminster Abbey on Saint George's Day.
Charles II is crowned at Westminster Abbey, formalising the restored monarchy.
Juxon crowns Charles II at Westminster Abbey during the Restoration coronation.
James Duke of York takes part in the coronation ceremony of his brother Charles II.
New coronation regalia is prepared because the old Crown Jewels had been destroyed under the Commonwealth.
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