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King Charles II - The Merry Monarch

Born: 29 May 1630
Father: Charles I
Mother: Henrietta Maria of France
Reigned: 1660 - 1685
Died: 6 February 1685 of apoplexy

Key events:

1660 - Charles II welcomed on Blackheath on his return from exile.
1660 - Composition of light discovered by Sir Isaac Newton
1661 - Hand-struck postage-stamps first used.
1661-2 Bridge Rooms added to Queens House by King Charles II.
1662 - Royal Society of London receives Royal Charter
1665 - Great Plague in London
1665-6 - Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703), famous diarist, lived in Greenwich.
1666 - 2 June: Samuel Pepy's records gun-fire heard at Greenwich from English-Dutch naval conflict.
1666 - 2-6 September - Great Fire of London
1675 - 22 June: Greenwich Royal Observatory created by Royal Warrant
1675 - 10 August - Building of Royal Observatory commenced
1675 - John Flamsteed appointed first Astronomer Royal.
1676 - Royal Greenwich Observatory built by Sir Christopher Wren.
1676 - Greenwich ferry starts operating across the River Thames.
1680 - Buccaneers' Raids. John Coxon defeated at Panama
1681 - Oil street lights first used in London
1682 - Appearance of Halley's Comet

 

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