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London theatres reopen; actrsses appear onstage for the first time.
The flamboyant Charles II was a huge patron of theatre and helped breathe new life into British drama. A patent was even issued for two new theatre companies. Led by William Davenant, the Duke's Men was for younger performers, while older, more experienced actors were in The King's Company, led by Thomas Killigrew . While the two companies created new opportunities theatrically, their monopoly on performances hampered the growth of British theatre. -
Charles II is proclaimed king of England
was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland. -
plauge claims more than 68,000 people in London;.
The Great Plague, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England -
great fire destroys much of london.
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. -
revolution James II is succeeded by protestant rulers of William and Mary.
n 1688, James II imprisoned seven bishops (including the Archbishop of Canterbury) who resisted his policy of toleration. Their acquittal by a London jury showed the weakness of James' position. -
Alexander pope publishes part of The Rape of the Lock.
The Rape of the Lock is a mock-heroic narrative poem written by Alexander Pope, first published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellaneous Poems and Translations in May 1712 in two cantos, -
Swift publishes A Modest Proposal, protesting englich 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 is characterised by its sarcastic tone as well as by its erratic, fantastical and fast-moving plot. A picaresque novel with a story similar to that of a more serious Bildungsroman, it parodies many adventure and romance clichés, the struggles of which are caricatured in a tone that is mordantly matter-of-fact. -
george III is crowned king of england, becoe known as the king who lost the Americna colonies.
George III 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 -
british parliament passes Stamp act for taxing american colonies.
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. Colonial opposition led to the act's repeal in 1766 and helped encourage the revolutionary movement against the British Crown. -
african american poet phillis wheatleys poems on various subject, religious and moral is published in london.
Born in Africa in 1753, Phillis Wheatley was kidnapped at the age of seven and sold into slavery. At nineteen, she became the first black American poet to publish a book, Poems on Various Subjects: Religious and Moral -
boston tea party occurs.
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The Boston Tea Party (initially referred to by John Adams as "the Destruction of the Tea in Boston") was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773 -
Mary Wollstonecraft publishes A vindictation of the Rights of Woman.
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects, written by the 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, is one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy -
napoleon heads revolutionary government in France.
Napoléon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the Revolutionary Wars.
