1645 - sent into exile
1649 - January 30th - Charles I executed
1649 - Prince Charles signs both Covenants
1650 - May 21st - Montrose executed
1651 - January 1st - Charles II crowned at Scone - last monarch crowned in Scotland
1651 - Routed at Worcester
1655 - Oliver Cromwell dissolved Parliament
1658 - September 3rd - Oliver Cromwell died
1659 - Richard Cromwell dissolves Protectorate
1660 - Composition of light discovered by Sir Isaac Newton
1660 - May 29th - Charles II returned to England - Royal Oak Day
1661 - April 23rd - Charles II crowned at Westminster Abbey
1661 - Hand-struck postage-stamps first used.
1661 - Bridge Rooms added to Queens House by King Charles II.
1662 - Royal Society of London receives Royal Charter
1665 - Great Plague in London
1666 - September 2nd - Great Fire of London
1666 - November 13, Battle of Rullion Green
1667 - Dutch sailed up the Medway
1670 - May Treaty of Dover
1672 - March 15th - Declaration of Indulgence
1674 - February - Treaty of Westminster
1675 - June 22nd Greenwich Royal Observatory created by Royal Warrant
1675 - August 10th - 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
1683 - Rye House Plot