Stuart Restoration
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The Stuart Restoration was the return in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ending the Interregnum and the Commonwealth of England that had been establi
King Charles II in coronation robes by John Michael Wright
The departure of Charles II from Scheveningen (1660)
Thomas Harrison, the first person found guilty of regicide during the Restoration
Equestrian portrait of William III by Jan Wyck, commemorating the start of the Glorious Revolution in 1688
Commonwealth of England
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The Commonwealth of England, enlarged in 1653 as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when the Kingdom of England was diss
Stuart Restoration
…Stuart Restoration was the return in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, ending the Interregnum and the Commonwealth of England that had been established after the execution of Charles I in January 1649. The Commonwealth had been governed by the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell…
A gold Unite from 1653
Act Declaring and Constituting the People of England to be a Commonwealth and Free-State, enacted on 19 May 1649