Charles II's Reign Flashcards
Harsher navigation act
1660
Venners rising
January 1661
Savoy house conference on a religious settlement
April-July 1661
Worcester house conference to discuss a religious settlement
October 1660
Bodies of Oliver Cromwell, Bradshaw and Ireton exhumed and hung on the gallows at Tyburn
January 1661
First session of Cavalier parliament
May-July 1661
Bishops restored to House of Lords
1661
Solemn league and covenant burned
1661
Act for censorship of the press
November 1661
Quaker act
1661
Prayer book revised by convocation
April 1662
Hearth tax
May 1661
Uniformity act
May 1662
First declaration of indulgence
December 1662
Charles forced to withdraw declaration of indulgence and accept test act
April 1663
Conventicle act
November 1664
P grant £2.5 mill for Dutch ear- start of Dutch war
February 1665
Five mile act
October 1665
Great plague in London
1665
Four days Battle in the Channel
June 1666
Great fire of London
September 1666
Dutch victory in the Medway
June 1657
Dutch war ends with the Treaty of Breda
July 1657
Clarendon dismissed
October 1667
Triple alliance between England, United provinces and Sweden
January 1668
Opposition to Charles II’s pro toleration in cavalier p
Feb 1668