15 January 1674ImpeachmentHenry Bennett Arlington, 1st
Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain. Charged by the Commons with "popery"
Historical records for England in 1674, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain. Charged by the Commons with "popery"
Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain
Declares in Parliament for "a speedy honourable & I hope lasting peace with the Dutch"
The Peace of Westminster ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War, removing England from the coalition fighting the Dutch Republic and improving the strategic position of William III of Orange.
Parliament forces Charles to withdraw from the war, the Dutch will pay an indemnity
Dismissses the oppossition leader, Shaftsbury
The stadtholdership held by William III of Orange becomes hereditary in Holland and Zeeland, strengthening the dynastic position of the House of Orange.
Parliament refuses to grant funds for the war with the Low Countries
Receives a French commission as colonel of an English regiment.
William III of Orange gains hereditary recognition of the stadtholdership in Utrecht.
Serves with Turenne's army at the Battle of Sinsheim.
William III of Orange commands the allied Dutch, Spanish and Imperial army against Condé at the bloody Battle of Seneffe.
Serves with the English regiment at the Battle of Entzheim.
Appointed Ambassador of the Hague, 2nd term
Deah of Edward Hyde, in exile
Deah of Edward Hyde, in exile
Dismissed from all offices
Ends the war with Holland & maintanes a friendly correspondence with William
Appointed Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire
Publication of "Paradise Lost" final part of 12 volumes
Publication of "Paradise Lost" final part of 12 volumes
Opens Parliament to raise money for war with the Dutch, both Houses vote for peace
Opens Parliament to raise money for war with the Dutch, both Houses vote for peace
Appointed Party Leader of the Whig Party
Appointed Party Leader of the Whig or "Country" Party
Opens Parliament to raise money for war with the Dutch, both Houses vote for peace
Created Earl Danby, when he surrenders his Scottish peerage of Osborne to his 2nd son Peregrine Osborne
Helps negotiate the Treaty of Westminster
Argues that celestial motions involve attraction toward central bodies combined with inertial motion.
Helps found the Court Party establishing the beginning of Government opposition
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