lxvii 1642 Five Members,' Jan. 3; Hull gates shut on 1644 Oxford Parliament, Jan. to April; Battle of 1645 Laud beheaded, Jan. 10; Failure of Uxbridge Isaac Newton b. Dec. 25, d. 1727; Publication Apology for Smectymnuus. of Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682); De Cive by Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679). William Cartwright d. (32); George Sandys d. Milton marries Mary Powell. (66). William Chillingworth d. (42); Francis Quarles Areopagitica; Doctrine and d. (52). Discipline of Divorce; William Browne d. (55); Publication of Quarles' Tetrachordon; 1646 Charles surrenders to the Scots, May 5.- Sir Thomas Browne's Vulgar Errors published. 1647 Charles delivered to Parliamentary Commis- 1648 Royalist fortresses surrender; Cromwell victori- Earl of Rochester b., d. 1680. Colasterion; Sonnets VI, VII. Deaths of Richard Powell, Lord Herbert of Cherbury d. (67); Herrick's Psalms lxxx-lxxxvii, April. 1649 Charles I beheaded, Jan. 30 (b. Nov. 19, 1600); House of Lords abolished, Feb. 5; Royalist 1653 Long Parliament dissolved, April 20; Little or 1654 Peace with Holland, April 5; first Protectorate 1656 Spanish War, March 12; Blake defeats the 1657 Death of Blake (after his victory at Santa Cruz), April 17; Cromwell refuses Kingship, May 8. ENGLISH LITERATURE. MILTON'S LIFE. Drummond of Hawthornden d. (64); Thomas Tenure of Kings and Magis- Thomas May d. (55); publication of Hobbes' trates; Observations on cano. Thomas Otway b., d. 1685; Publication of Defensio pro Populo Angli- Publication of Complete Angler, by Izaak Correspondence with Sweden, John Selden d. (70); William Habington d. Defensio Secunda. (49). Dugdale's Monasticon (publication was finished John Hales of Eton d. (74); Bp. Joseph Hall 1658 Surrender of Dunkirk, June 17; Death of Richard Lovelace d. (40). Cromwell, Sept. 3, b. April 25, 1599. lxix 1659 New Parliament, Jan. 27 to April 22; Rump John Cleveland d. (46). restored, May 7 to Oct. 12; Richard Crom well resigns, May 13; Rump restored, Dec. 26 to March 16.-Peace of Pyrenees. Civil Power in Ecclesiastical 1660 Monk enters England, Jan. 1, and London, Publication of Fuller's Worthies, and Jeremy Ready and Easy Way to EstaFeb. 3; Convention Parliament, April 25 to Dec. 29; Restoration, May 29. 1661 Episcopacy restored in Scotland, May 8; Argyle beheaded, May 27. 1662 Charles marries Catherine of Braganza, May 20; Execution of Sir H. Vane, June 14; Dunkirk sold, Oct. 17. 1663 Impeachment of Clarendon fails, July 9. 1664 Dutch War. 1665 Duke of York defeats Dutch fleet; Opdam blown up, June 3; Plague of London, June to Dec. Taylor's Ductor Dubitantium. Thomas Fuller d. (53). blish a Free Commonwealth; Notes on a Sermon. Accidence commenced Gram mar. Charter of Royal Society (founded 1645); Thomas Ellwood introduced to Milton by Dr. Paget. H. Lawes d. Publication of Hudibras, First Part. Poems of Edmund Waller (1605-1687) first Milton marries Elizabeth Minspublished. 1666 Battle of Lowestoft, June 1 to 4; Rupert and James Shirley d. (70). Monk defeat Dutch fleet, June 26; Fire of London, Sept. 1667 Dutch sail up Medway, June 3; Peace of Breda, July 10; Clarendon resigns, Aug. 30. 1669 Abraham Cowley d. (49); Jeremy Taylor d. (54); George Wither d. (79). Sir J. Denham d. (53); Sir William Davenant d. (62). hull, Feb. Paradise Lost in MS. shown to Ellwood. Sale of Paradise Lost, April 27. |