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1660s London theaters reopen actresses appear onstage for the first time
By June, the acting companies were performing openly, and apparently without sanction, though they did not yet have official authorization. Performance conditions in these early days after the Restoration were unchanged from what they had been in 1642 when Cromwell closed the theatres, and even from fifty years before that. -
1660 Charles II is proclaimed king of england
Charles II's father, Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. Although the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed Charles II King on 5 February 1649 -
1665 Plague claims more than 68000 people in london
he city of London proper occupied then almost the same space of ground ... the air, and rendered fevers and a dreadful disease called the plague very frequent. ... in 1665, in the reign of Charles II., carried off more than 68,000 people. -
1666 Great fire destroys much of london
The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall. It threatened, but did not reach, the aristocratic district of Westminster, Charles II's Palace of Whitehall, and most of the suburban slums -
1688-1689 Glorious (Bloodless) revolution james II is succeeded by prtestant rulers of william and mary
also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England -
1712 Alexander Pope publishes part of the rape of the rock
The poem satirises a minor incident by comparing it to the epic world of the gods. It was based on an actual incident recounted by Pope's friend, John Caryll. -
Swift publishes A Model 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
Candide, ou l'Optimisme (/ˌkænˈdiːd/; French: [kɑ̃did]) is a French satire first published in 1759 by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. -
1760 george III is crowned king of england becomes know as the king who lost the american colonies
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. He was concurrently Duke and prince-elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg -
1765 british parliament passes stamp act for taxing americans colonies
he Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. 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 Peoms on Various subect Religious and moral is published in london
Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston, in New England (published 1773) is a collection of 39 poems written by Phillis Wheatley -
1773 boston tea party occurs
was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773. The demonstrators, some disguised as Native Americans, in defiance of the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. -
Mary wollstonecraft published A vindiction of the rights of woman
Wollstonecraft preached that intellect will always govern and sought “to persuade women to endeavour to acquire strength, both of mind and body, and to convince them that the soft phrases -
1799 napoleon heads revolutionary goverment in france
was a period of far-reaching social and political upheaval in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799, and was partially carried forward by Napoleon during the later expansion of the French Empire.
