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Charles II returns to England from Holland and is restored to the throne.
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Charles is received into the Roman Catholic Church on his deathbed.
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James succeeds his brother, Charles II.
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James takes first measures to restore Catholicism in England, and sets up a standing army of 13,000 troops at Hounslow to overawe nearby London.
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James, believing his Divine Right as King, issues the Declaration of Indulgence to suspend all laws against Catholics and Non-Conformists and repeal the 1673 Test Act. He seeks to promote his Catholic supporters in Parliament and purge Tories and Anglican clergy.
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James abdicates and flees to exile in France.
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William and Mary become joint King and Queen.
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William offers the Scottish Highlanders a pardon for the Jacobite uprising if they sign allegiance him
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Death of Mary. William now rules alone.
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William dies after a riding accident. Stuarts in exile toast 'the gentleman in black velvet' in the belief that his horse stumbled on a mole hill.