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London theaters reopen; actresses appear onstage for the first time.
With the reopening of the theatres after the Restoration, women were for the first time allowed to act on the stage. -
Charles II is proclaimed king of England (crowned in 1661).
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685)[c] was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. -
Plague claims more than 68,000 people in london
The Great Plague, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England -
Great Fire destroys much of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666 -
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Glorious (bloodless): Revolution James II is succeeded by Protestant rulers of William and Mary
The Glorious Revolution,[b] also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England -
Alexander Pope publishes part of The Rape of the Lock
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations in May 1712 in two cantos (334 lines), -
Swift publishes A Modest Proposal, protesting English treatment of the Irish poor.
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick -
Voltaire publishes Candide
Voltaire published Candide simultaneously in five countries no later than 15 January 1759. -
George III is crowned kind of England; becomes known as the king who last the American Colonies
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738[a] – 29 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. -
British Parliment passes Stamp Act for taxing American Colonies
The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. -
African American poet Phillis Wheatley's Poems on Various Subject, Religous and Moral is published in London
Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753 – December 5, 1784) was the first published African-American female poet -
Boston Tea Party occurs.
The Boston Tea Party took place on December 16, 1773. The Boston Tea Party happened in 3 British ships in the Boston Harbor. -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, written by the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft -
Napoleon heads revolutionary goverment in France.
Napoleon was head guy over France goverment in 1799
