Charles II and the Return of the Monarchy
Charles II returns to England as King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith
The Cavalier Parliament
Charles II tries to prevent Parliament from executing Roundheads
The First Political Parties
Charles II accepts Tangiers and Bombay for marrying Catherine of Braganza
The Great Plague and the Great Fire
More than 7,000 die in a week as Bubonic plague hits London
Unholy Trinity - Church, Law and Medicine
Brutal Acts restrict the activity of dissenters
The First Sir Winston Churchill
Charles II promises to declare himself Catholic in return for cash from France
Paradise Lost to Pilgrim's Progress
Protestants plot to kill the King
The Death of Charles II
Protestants vote against James, Duke of York, becoming King as he refuses to return to the English Church
James II and the Monmouth Rebellion
James II uses the army to try to convert the country back to Catholicism
Judge Jeffreys
Two hundred captors of the failed Monmouth rebellion are executed and 800 deported as slaves
The 1688 Revolution
The country faces civil war as the King sends seven bishops to the Tower of London for seditious libel
William of Orange
James II flees to France as Prince William of the Netherlands invades to claim the English throne on behalf of his wife Mary
The Return to War
William and Mary become joint sovereigns and declare war on France
The Kingdom of William and Mary
William III humiliates the English army and navy by entrusting the most important commands to Dutchmen
The Origin of the Jacobites and Killiecrankie
James II invades Ireland with French troops as his Scottish supporters are massacred
The Battle of the Boyne
James II flees back to France as William III defeats his 100,000-strong Catholic army
War in Europe
William III loses terrible battles against the French in the Spanish Netherlands as Louis XIV tries to restore James II to the English throne
End of the War and the Ebbing of King Billy
Mary dies and William III signs a truce with France
Highwaymen, the Rise of Marlborough and War with Spain
England prepares for war as France invades the Spanish Netherlands
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