Spain. Cromwell dies. His
son Richard succeeds.

1659, Richard Cromwell resigns.
Long Parliament restored.
Military government.

1660, Astraea Redux.
1660, Long Parliament again
restored.
Declaration of Breda.
Convention Parliament.
Restoration Charles II.
1660, Milton,
Ready and Easy Way
to Establish a
Free Commonwealth.
Pepys, Diary begun.

1661, Panegyric on Coronation.
1661, Meeting of Cavalier
Parliament. Corporation Act.

1662, Poem to Lord Clarendon.
1662, Act of Uniformity.
Dissenting ministers expelled.
Royal Society founded. King
declares for Toleration. Dunkirk
sold to France.
1662, Fuller,