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Events relating to england
Parliament in England passes the first of several Navigation Acts designed to reserve international trade for English ships
Charles II is defeated by Cromwell at Worcester and escapes in disguise to France
Scotland and England are merged under English parliamentary rule, in a forced union which lasts eight years
A clash at sea between English and Dutch fleets begins the first of three Anglo-Dutch wars
The first coffee house opens In London and Londoners soon find such places useful to meet in and do business
Cromwell uses troops to turn the members out of the House of Commons and locks the door behind them
Cromwell is appointed Lord Protector of the Commonwealth for life, under legislation entitled the Instrument of Government
The English admiral Robert Blake introduces a system of signalling at sea by means of flags
John Bunyan joins a Nonconformist church in Bedford and becomes one of their preachers
Devoted fisherman Izaak Walton publishes the classic work on the subject, The Compleat Angler
George Fox begins preaching in England, in a movement which develops into the Society of Friends - or Quakers
Jews return to England after Cromwell repeals the law of 1290 forbidding their residence in the country
John Bunyan engages in a fierce war of pamphlets with the Quakers, with whose doctrines he profoundly disagrees
Andrew Marvell works as assistant Latin secretary to Milton in Cromwell's department for foreign affairs
Samuel Pepys has a two-ounce stone cut from his bladder, in an operation carried out at home in the presence of his family
Cromwell dies after naming his son Richard to succeed him in the office of Lord Protector
Prince Rupert of the Rhine pioneers mezzotint, the first half-tone technique in printing
The ineffective Richard Cromwell goes into voluntary retirement, an event linked to the strong possibility of a military coup
General George Monck marches south from Scotland to London, to intervene in England's unresolved political crisis
On the first day of the new year Samuel Pepys gets up late, eats the remains of the turkey and begins his diary
Monck, reaching London, dissolves the Long Parliament and convenes a new one
Monck persuades Charles II to sign, at Breda in Holland, a declaration of policies to heal the wounds of the Civil War
The new Convention Parliament in Westminster invites Charles II to return as king
Charles II lands at Dover and is given a warm welcome in London four days later
The Act of Indemnity, pardoning all offences since 1637 except those of the regicides, is given the royal assent
