1662 152 slaves redeemed from Algiers.
1663 Laird Warreston executed at Edinburgh, according to a sentence in parliament, on a gibbet twenty-two feet high.
1665 90,000 people destroyed by the plague in London.
1666 Great fire in London, September 2nd, when 13,200 dwelling-houses were destroyed. The Dutch and English fleets fight for four days, neither party having the advantage. They engage again, and the English obtain the victory.
1669 Death of the poet Sir John Denham.
1670 The church of Quebec constituted a bishopric.
1671 The exchequer shut for want of money. Blood attempted to steal the crown from the Tower.
1674 King Charles received from France a pension of £100,000 per annum. Milton, the poet, and the Earl of Clarendon died.
1676 Carolina planted by English merchants.
1678 Statue at Charing-Cross erected.