Timeline

Year	Month	Event
1660		King Charles II restored to the English and Scottish thrones
1673		Test Act bars Catholics from public office
1678		Reports of a 'Popish Plot'
1683		Rye House Plot
1685		Death of Charles II. His brother the Duke of York comes to the throne as King James II of England and King James VII of Scotland. Invasion of England by the Duke of Monmouth, who is defeated at the Battle of Sedgemoor
1687		Declaration of Indulgence published by James II, allowing religious toleration
1688	April	Declaration of Indulgence re-issued
	June	Heir to the throne, Prince James Francis Edward Stuart ('The Old Pretender'), born 'Invitation' taken to William of Orange, offering him the crown
	September	William of Orange publishes his 'Declaration'
	November 5	William of Orange's fleet lands at Torbay
	December 1	James meets William's envoys and is offered humiliating conditions
	December 16	The City of London refuses to defend James
	December 23	James flees to France
1689	April 11	William of Orange and his wife Mary crowned as William III and Mary II
	December 16	Bill of Rights passed, confirming William and Mary as monarchs and the exclusion of Catholics from the throne
1690	July	William III defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne, Ireland
1701		James II dies Act of Settlement confirming the throne to the Hanoverians

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