1662
Act of Uniformity
Baxter is among ministers unable to conform when the Act of Uniformity takes effect.
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Baxter is among ministers unable to conform when the Act of Uniformity takes effect.
Calamy is ejected from ministry after refusing to comply with the Act of Uniformity.
Parliament requires ministers to use the Book of Common Prayer and conform to the restored Church of England.
Charles II gives assent to the Act of Uniformity, enforcing use of the restored Book of Common Prayer.
Gives royal assent to the Act of Uniformity enforcing the restored Book of Common Prayer.
Clarendon backs the religious legislation that becomes central to the Restoration settlement.
Clarendon's ministry supports the religious settlement confirmed by the Act of Uniformity.
Sheldon supports the settlement requiring clergy to conform to the restored Church of England.
Sheldon supports the legislation enforcing conformity within the restored Church of England.
Bombay passes to England as part of Catherine of Braganza's Portuguese dowry.
The Restoration settlement requires clergy to use the Book of Common Prayer and accept episcopal ordination.
Clergy who refuse the restored Book of Common Prayer are identified as Nonconformists after the Act of Uniformity takes effect.
Cosin supports the restored Prayer Book settlement confirmed by the Act of Uniformity.
Morley supports the episcopal settlement requiring use of the restored Book of Common Prayer.
Pascal helps establish an early public transport service using fixed routes and fares.
The Act of Uniformity becomes part of the Clarendon Code enforcing Anglican conformity after the Restoration.
A Moscow uprising breaks out over copper coinage, hardship and government policy.
Hooke is appointed curator of experiments for the Royal Society.
Baxter is among ministers excluded after refusing full conformity under the Act of Uniformity.
Calamy is ejected from ministry after refusing to comply with the Act of Uniformity.
Jenkyn is among Presbyterian ministers removed from public ministry after the Act of Uniformity takes effect.
Manton loses his ministry after refusing the terms imposed by the Act of Uniformity.
Charles II gives assent to the Licensing of the Press Act passed by the Cavalier Parliament.
Gives assent to the Licensing of the Press Act regulating printing and publication.
Clarendon supports tighter control of printing during the Restoration settlement.
Marries Charles II and becomes queen consort of England.
Charles II first sees Catherine of Braganza at Portsmouth before their marriage.
Marries Catherine of Braganza at Portsmouth after her arrival from Portugal.
Charles II first sees Catherine of Braganza at Portsmouth before their marriage.
Clergy who refuse the restored Book of Common Prayer are identified as Nonconformists after the Act of Uniformity takes effect.
Purchases Dunkirk from Charles II of England.
Purchases Dunkirk from Charles II as France expands control on the Channel coast.
Purchases Dunkirk from England as Charles II sells the port to France.
Catherine of Braganza becomes queen consort through her marriage to Charles II.
The Restoration settlement requires clergy to use the Book of Common Prayer and accept episcopal ordination.
William Wentworth succeeded as second Earl of Strafford after his father's attainder was reversed.
Nicholas leaves office as Secretary of State during the reorganisation of Charles II's ministry.
Parliament and Charles II reversed the attainder imposed on the first Earl of Strafford.
Grants a royal charter to the Royal Society in London.
Grants the first royal charter to the Royal Society.
Moray helps secure royal support as Charles II grants the Society its first charter.
Sells Dunkirk to France for a large cash payment to relieve royal finances.
Sells Dunkirk to France for a large cash payment to relieve royal finances.
Bennet is appointed Secretary of State during Charles II's Restoration government.
Bennet becomes Secretary of State and rises within the Restoration administration.
Tangier becomes part of Catherine of Braganza's dowry to the English crown.
Transfers Dunkirk to France after agreeing the sale of the port to Louis XIV.
Mary II, eldest child of James Duke of York and Anne Hyde, is born at St James Palace.
Birth of John Holles, later Duke of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Anne Hyde gives birth to Mary, the future Queen Mary II, at St James Palace.
James Duke of York becomes father of Mary, later Queen Mary II.
Blaise Pascal dies in Paris, aged thirty-nine.
Koxinga dies shortly after establishing Zheng rule on Taiwan.
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