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| Assassination Riccio, David |  |
| 9th Mar Edinburgh Assassinated by Darnley to remove the Queen's favourite & gain the throne |
| Assassination Ruthven, John |  |
| 9th Mar Holyrood Heads a group of armed Lords at the assassination of David Rizzio |
| Battle of Foreland, Nth Ruyter, Michael Adriaanszoon de |  |
| 25th July Foreland, Nth Monck breaks the Thames blockade defeating de Ruyter who loses about 20 ships |
| Battle of Four Days Battle James II |  |
| 6th June River Thames The English are defeated by the Dutch & French |
| 6th June River Thames The English lose 6,000 men killed, 8 ships sunk & 9 ships captured |
| Battle of Four Days Battle Rupert of the Rhine |  |
| 13th June River Thames Relieves Monck's battered Fleet |
| Battle of Four Days Battle Ruyter, Michael Adriaanszoon de | |
| 1st June River Thames 1-4 June, 20 English ships are lost to the Dutch fleet led by de Ruyter |
| 1st June River Thames Monck retreats to the Thames which is then blockaded by de Ruyter |
| Battle of North Foreland Rupert of the Rhine | |
| 25th July Foreland Drives of De Ruyter |
| Battle of Pentland Hills Charles II | |
| 28th Nov Pentland Battle of Pentland Hills, the Scottish Convenenter revolt led by James Wallace is defeated by the Royalist forces |
| Battle of Pentland Hills England Maitland | |
| 28th Nov Battle of Pentland Hills, the Scottish Convenenter revolt led by James Wallace is defeated by the Royalist forces |
| Battle of Pentland Hills England Wallace, James | |
| 28th Nov Pentland Battle of Pentland Hills, the Scottish Convenenter revolt led by James Wallace is defeated by the Royalist forces |
| Battle of River Medway Rupert of the Rhine | |
| 17th June River Medway Directs shore defenses |
| 17th June Rochester Repels an attempt on Upnor Castle |
| Battle of St Gotthard Leopold I |  |
| St Gotthard The Turks are defeated |
| Birth Sophia Dorothea of Zell |  |
| Birth of Sophia Dorothea of Zell, daughter of George William, Duke of Brunswick |
| Comptroller Clifford, Thomas | |
| Appointed Comptroller of the King's Household |
| Death Anne of Austria |  |
| 20th Jan Paris Death of Anne of Austria, dies of breast cancer |
| Death Jahan |  |
| 22nd Jan Agra Death of Jahan |
| Death Riccio, David | |
| 9th Mar Edinburgh Death od David Riccio, assassinated |
| Declaration of War Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| France & Holland declare War on England, France takes Antigua, Monsterrat & StKitts |
| Discovery of Gravity Newton, Isaac | |
| The "Newton Pippin" commemorates the apple that inspired Newton's Law of Gravity |
| Education Scott | |
| Introduced to the Royal Court as a favorite of Charles |
| Envoy Temple, William | |
| Brussels Appointed Envoy to Brussels |
| Execution of Douglas Hamilton, Gearge Douglas-Hamilton, George | |
| 9th Feb Hamilton Palace Birth of Lord George Douglas -Hamilton was born at Hamilton Palace, the fifth son of Anne Hamilton, 3rd Duchess of Hamilton and William Douglas , Earl of Selkirk |
| Fire London Charles II | |
| Checks the flames by ordering sailors to blow up houses in the path of the fire |
| 2nd Sep 1st day of the Great Fire of London, started in a baker's shop in Pudding Lane |
| French Academy Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Founds the French Academy of Sciences |
| Invention Calculus Newton, Isaac | |
| Invents Calculus |
| Major Drummond, William | |
| Appointed Major General for Scotland by Charles II |
| Newark Treat, Robert |  |
| Newark Leads the Connecticut Puritans in founding Newark, a colony in New Jersey |
| Party Leader Cavendish, William | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the Anti-Court & Anti-Romanist Party in the Commons |
| Persecution Louis XIV the Sun King | |
| Paris Begins the persecution of France's 2 million Hugenots |
| Plague Charles II | |
| 1st Feb Officially 68,000 had died but it may have been over 100,000 |
| Privy Council Clifford, Thomas | |
| Appointed Privy Councillor |
| Rebellion Leopold I | |
| The Hungarian nobelmen revolt against Leopold I |
| Rebellion Maitland | |
| Goads the peasants of the west country into rebellion |
