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YEAR OF THE RESTAURATION OF THE STUART
The Restoration period begins in 1660, the year in which King Charles II (the exiled Stuart king) was restored to the English throne. England, Scotland, and Wales were united as Great Britain by the 1707 Act of Union -
Daniel Defoe was born in London.
His father was a farmer but Daniel will become a merchant -
ACT OF UNIFORMITY
Act of Uniformity 1662. An Act for the Uniformity of Publique Prayers and Administracion of Sacramentes & other Rites & Ceremonies and for establishing the Form of making ordaining and consecrating Bishops Preists and Deacons in the Church of England. (Defoe was a dissenterer) -
A great Plague struck London
Defoe wrote "A Journal of the PlagueYear
Image: Collecting the dead for burial during the Great Plague -
The Great Fire of London
Detail of the Great Fire of London by an unknown painter, depicting the fire as it would have appeared on the evening of Tuesday, 4 September 1666 from a boat in the vicinity of Tower Wharf. The Tower of London is on the right and London Bridge on the left, with St Paul's Cathedral in the distance, surrounded by the tallest flames. -
Monmouth Rebellion
Daniel fought with the Duke of Monmouth against the catholic James II
In 1685 he led the unsuccessful Monmouth Rebellion, an attempt to depose his uncle, King James II and VII. Declaring himself the legitimate King, Monmouth attempted to capitalise on his position as the son of Charles II, and his Protestantism, in opposition to James, who was a Roman Catholic. The rebellion failed, and Monmouth was beheaded for treason on 15 July 1685. -
He wrote "The shortes way with the dissenters"
I's a pamphlet -
death of king William of Orange, ANNE becomes queen
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Defoe is arrested
Because of his pamphlet of 1702 and its irony towrds religion he was arrested. He was punished in pillory on 29,30,31 July 1703
He spent some time also in the jail of Newgate. He was arrested at least 7 times during his live because of his activity of pamphleter and collaborator with the Government. -
founded The Review
He wrote jounalistic pieces foit until 1713 -
ACT OF UNION
Scotland lost its Parliament in return for representation in the English Parliament.Its Church, however, remaied distinct (catholic) -
GEORGE I OF HANNOVER
Queen Anne died and the German protestant George of Hannover became king. -
The Life and strange adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York
Pubblishing of -
Robert Walpole Prime Minister
He was a British statesman who is generally regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain. He holds the record as the longest serving Prime Minister in British history. He was a whig. Although a capable politician, he was accused of corruption, especially in his practice of choosing his friends as ministers. -
He wrote his novel "Moll Flanders"
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He wrote his last novel "Roxana"
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KING GEORGE II
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Daniel Defoe death
in London -
SECOND JACOBITE REBELLION
This rebellion was led by BONNIE PRINCE CHARLES, the grandson of of the catholic James II. The rebels were crushed at the battle of Culloden in 1746.
