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Samuel Pepys is Born
Samuel Pepys was born in Salisbury Court, near Fleet Street, London. -
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Samuel Pepys' Life
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Magdalene College
Sometime in this year Samuel Pepys was awarded a scholarship, and set off to attend Magdalene College of the University of Cambridge. -
Got Married
At any unknown date in 1655, after earning enough money at his new clerical job, Samuel Pepys married Elizabeth St. Michel -
The Plague
The Bubonic Plague came back like a boomerang. -
Moved to Axe Yard
Near King Street, and the Palace of Whitehall. -
Stones Removed
Had a dangerous to remove bladder stones. -
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Writing the Diaries
After moving to Axe Yard, he began writing the diaries. He wrote from the age of 27 to the age of 36, when he stopped, out of worry that he might be losing his eyesight. -
Clerk of Acts to the Navy Board
He got a new job in an administrative position at the Royal Dockyards -
The Great Fire of London
The streets burned because the baker forgot about his bread. -
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Commanded the Naval Organization during the Dutch War
Made reforms in the naval business such as a new shipbuilding program, and half-pay for officers, which inspired even more reform later on. -
Secretary to the Admiralty
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Became a Member of Parliament
First for Norfolk, then for Hawich. -
Forced to resign from the Admirality and Imprisioned
under suspicion of selling naval secrets to the French, the charges were later dropped. -
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President of the Royal Society
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Charles II dies, James II takes over
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James is overthrown
so Sammuel Pepys' career comes to an end. -
Arrested again
under accusation of having Jacobite sympathies, again he was soon released. -
His health begins to worsen
As his bladder stones comes back. -
Moves to Clapham
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Samuel Pepys Dies
Samuel Pepys died in Clapham, after his health has been deteriorating for several years.