First 1118 Caliosannus 1149 Emanuel 1180 Alexius the Second 1183 Andronicus the First 1185 Isaac Angelus 1195 Alexius the Third 1203 Alexius the Fourth 1204 Alexius the Fifth 1205 Baldwin Fiandra the First 1205 Henry 1216 Peter Alusidere 1221 Robert 1228 Baldwin the Second 1260 Michael Paleologus 1285 Andronicus the Second 1325 Andronicus the Third 1338 John Catausinus the First 1357 John the Second 1384 Andronicus the Fourth 1387 Manuel 1418 John the Third 1421 Gio Giovane 1445 Constantine the Ninth 1453 Constantinople taken by the Turks The Year of the World 1 GOd Created Adam and Eve after the World and other Creatures were made 70 C'ain slew Abel was the Inventor of Weights and Measures 170 Jabel found out Tents and Jubal Musick the Cittern and Harp 170 Tubal Cain the Smiths Art and Neoma the Weaving of Cloth 1615 Enoch was taken up into Heaven in a Fiery Chariot 1656 The General Deluge 1765 Noah called Janus was the first King of Italy 1769 Salem built by Sem the Son of Noah 1788 The confusion of Languages and Nimrod was the first King in Babylon 1803 John began to Reign in France 1804 Ninivch was built by Ashur so called from Ninus 1805 Gomer Gallus of Japhet erected the City of Viterbo 1807 Tubal began the Kingdom of Spain 1830 Tuisco Reigned first in Germany 1845 Sores was the first that Reigned in Egypt 1875 Egiasco was the first King of the Sicidonians in Morea 1905 Ninus was the first Monarch of Assyria and Introducer of Idolatry 1964 Trebera the Son of Semiramis built Trevers in Germany 2033 Ishmael begot by Abraham on his Handmaid Hagar 2046 Sodom and Gomorrha burned by Fire from Heaven 2047 The Circumcision ordained by God to Abraham 2077 Cretus was the first King of â—andia who gave it the name of Crete 2119 Inachus was the first King of the Argives 2172 Thessalus was the first King of Thessaly which took its name from him 2227 Joseph Interprets Pharaohs Dream of the fat and lean Kine 2237 Jacob being straitned with Famine went into Egypt to his Son Joseph 2330 Renia the Daughter of Atlas the Italian Queen of the Latins 2348 Cecrops was the first King of the Athenians 2372 Moses the Great Prophet born 2417 The Deluge of Deucalion and Pyrrha in Thessaly 2472 Moses led the Children of Israel thorow the Red Sea 2474 Moses received from God the Decalogue or Ten Commandments 2487 The Kingdom of Troy took beginning from King Dardanus 2656 Euristheus was the first King of the Miceni 2663 The Kingdom of the Argives expired in Acrisius their last King 2772 The beginning of the Trojan War which lasted ten years 2786 Aeneas travelled from Troy to Italy and Reigned 2788 Mezentius slain by Aeneas was the last King of the Latins 2818 Francus of the Line of Priam gave France its name 2836 The Kings of Sicidonia ended in Speusippus their last King 2862 Alsetes was the first King of Corinth 2863 Heber concluded the Kingdom of the Miceni 2895 Codrus was the last King of the Athenians 2933 Hira was the last King of Tyre 2301 Solomons Temple built in Jerusalem 2977 Rehoboam was the first King of Israel 3122 Pigmalion was the last King of the Tyrians 3140 The Monarchy of the Assyrians ended in Sardanapalus 3140 Arsaces was the first King of the Medes and Bellocus of the Babylonians 3153 Granaus was the first King of the Lacedemonians 3184 Ardisius was the first that Reigned among the Lydians 3187 The Kingdom of Lacedemon expired in Aleamenes 3188 The Olympiads began which is the space of four years 3194 The Kingdom of Corinth ended in Antemenes 3210 The City of Rome built by Romulus 3239 The Kingdom of Israel concluded with Hosea 3402 Cyrus was the first Persian Monarch 3414 Cretus ended the Kingdom of Lydia 3444 Balthazar terminated the Kingdom of Babylon 3451 Monarchy being extirpated Consuls were created for the Government of Rome 3457 Horatius Cocles brake down the Bridge and Mutius Scavola burned his hand 3463 The first Dictator made in Rome with full Authority 3498 Esdras the Jew 3509 The Decemviri chosen in Rome 3512 The Laws of the Twelve Tables made at Rome 3523 The Tribunes of the Soldiery established at Rome 3533 Dionysius made himself Tyrant of Sicily 3553 The Athenians began to make use of twenty four Letters in their Writing 3570 Rome taken by the Gauls who were afterward cut in pieces by Camillus 3574 The Gauls built Milan Bressia Bergamo Trent and Vicenza 3600 Q. Curtius leaped into the Gulf. 3623 Alexander the Great brought the Monarchy to the Grecians 3750 The Wars between Scipio and Hannibal 3797 The Kingdom of Macedon terminated in Perseus their last King 3801 Jerusalem sacked and taken by Antiochus 3804 Judas Maccabeus 3814 Scipio Nasica possesseth himself of Asia 3823 Scipio destroyed Carthage 3833 Numantia made desolate by Scipio 3854 The Musicians banished Rome 3858 The Jugurthine War began 3872 The beginning of the Civil War between Marius and Sylla 3872 The Seleuci Kings of Assyria expired 3899 Cicero acculeth Verres and Virgil is born 3901 Carilins Conspiracy discovered 3903 Caesar made War with the French 3915 Caesar amended the Calendar and fixed the Equinox on the Twenty fifth of March. 3922 Caesar overcomes Pompey and the Kings of Pontus 3925 Herod the first stranger that governed Judea 3945 The Virgin Mary born The Year of our Lord. 1 OUr Saviour born of the Virgin Mary 2 Jesus Christ returned from Egypt into Galilee 12 Christ was found disputing with the Doctors in the Temple 30 Christ Baptised by S. John Baptist in the River of Jordan 30 Christ elected his Twelve Apostles 33 Christ did those Miracles written by the Evangelists 34 Christ our Redeemer was Crucified 35 S. Paul converted to the Christian Faith 44 S. Peter came to the Episcopal Seat at Rome 45 The death of the Blessed Virgin Mary 48 S. Peter travelled to Antioch 58 S. Mark was the first Bishop of Alexandria 67 The first Persecution of the Christians was promoted by the Emperor Nero. 68 S. Peter and S. Paul were put to death at Rome 73 Jerusalem taken and demolished by Vespasian 97 Herod Agrippa died the last stranger that was King of Judea 66 The second Christian Persecution began under Domitian 96 Germany and Dalmatia were overcome by the Romans 109 The third Christian Persecution by Trajan 140 Lent instituted by Telesphorus Pope 163 The fourth Christian Persecution by Lucius Verus 195 The first Controversie between the Church of Rome and the Arrians 207 The fifth Christian Persecution by Severus 207 The sixth Persecution by Maximianus 250 Was the year 1000 since the Building of Rome 253 The seventh Persecution of Christians under Decius 258 The eighth Persecution hapned in the time of Valerianus 260 The 30 Tyrants that usurped the Roman Empire 274 The ninth Christian Persecution by Aurelianus 276 Geneva in Savoy built 296 The tenth Christian Persecution by Dioclosian 313 The Roman Indiction being a computation of fifteen
years began to be taken notice of 318 The first Nicene Council against the Arrian Heresie 319 The Cross of Christ found at Jerusalem by S. Helen 321 Constantine restored Byzantium and after called it Constantinople 332 The Empire of Rome transported to Constantinople 341 The Scots turned Christians 354 The eleventh Persecution of the Christians by the Arrians 363 The second General Council at Constantinople 390 S. Augustine converted to Christianity by the assistance of S. Ambrose 394 The Goths overcome by Stihai in Italy 402 Rome taken by Alaric King of the Goths 417 The Goths occupied Spain and chased out the Kings from thence 420 Pharamond the First King of France 420 A famous University made in Bolegna 421 The City of Venice had its Foundation laid 433 Genseric with the Vandals assaults Italy 433 The third General Council held at Ephesus against the Heresie of Nestorius 441 The Vandals take Carthage and made themselves Lords of Africa 451 Attila conquered by Etius the Roman in the Fields of Catalogna 453 Attila demolisheth Aquilea and many other Cities 455 The fourth General Council at Caleedon against the Heresie of Eutyches 456 Thcodoricus began the Reign of the Goths to Spain 475 Odoacres and the Turingians having taken Rome made himself King of Italy 489 Clodoveus totally routed the Romans out of France 495 Theodoricus having killed Odoacres made himself King of Italy 512 Clodoveus King of France was Baptized by S. Remigius 536 The Laws and Digests made by Tribunianus 537 The People of Bavaria converted to the Christian Faith 551 The fifth Constantinopolitan Council against Moscherus 553 Narsetes put a period to the Government of the Goths in Italy 556 The Lombards came into Italy at the Invitation of Narsetes 568 Albuinus King of the Lombards made Pavia the Royal Seat of the Kingdom 569 Longinus was the first Imperial Exarch in Italy 575 Rome taken and sacked by the Lombards 595 The Fals-Prophet Mahomet was born 612 Mahomet made first Prince of the Hagarens 615 Jerusalem taken by Cosroes King of Persia 627 The Alcoran composed by Mahomet 636 Jerusalem and Damascus taken by the Saracens 672 The Saracens enter Sicily and destroy Syracuse 681 The sixth Council held at Constantinople against the Heresie of Macarius 683 Constantine the Emperor declares the Pope to be the supream Bishop over all 693 The Goths shake off the Arrian Heresie and turn Catholicks 697 The Phrygians become Christians 697 Paulus Lucius the first Duke of Venice 709 The African Moors cross the Sea and take the major part of Spain 726 The Exarchate in Italy determined was extinguished 746 The Huns seat themselves in Hungaria which took its name from them 782 An Inscription found at Rome That Christ should be born of a Virgin 791 The Universal Study established by Charles the Great 795 The People of Saxony first imbraced the Christian Faith 800 The Goths Baptized and Ebert made first King of England 801 Charles the Great created Emperor of the West at Rome 847 Austria called Lotharingia by the Emperor Lotharius 866 The Sclavonians and Dalmatians made Christians 869 The first use of Bells among the Grecians given them by the Venetians 888 Berengarius made himself King of Italy 913 The rise of the Order of the Cluniacenscs 915 The Hungarians and Saracens commit great depredations in Italy 961 Enecus Earl of Bigoria was the first King of Navar. 964 The King of Poland and his Subjects become true Christians 968 The Kingdom of Italy ceased Adelber the Second a Goth being expelled thence 975 The Kingdom of Hungary began with S. Stephen their first King 988 Hugh Capet usurps the Kingdom of France 996 The first ordaining of the Seven Electors for the choice of the Emperor 999 Jerusalem made desolate by the Egyptians 999 The Original of the Family of Monferrat 1003 Henry the Second was the first Elected Emperor by the Seven Deputed Electors 1010 The Transilvanians embrace the Christian Religion 1012 Jerusalem taken from the Caliph of Egypt by the Turks 1012 The Foundation of the Order of the Camaldolenses by S. Remigius 1013 The Saracens totally beaten out of Italy by the Emperor 1016 Raimirus was the first King of Aragon 1016 The Russians being subdued by the Poles turned Christians 1016 The Order of the Humiliati began confirmed by Twelve hundred 1019 Guido Aretinus was the Inventor of Musick in Italy and first found out the six Notes of that Science 1023 Aliprand of Angleria was the first Duke of Milan 1058 Robert Guiscard possesseth himself of Sicily 1059 The said Robert was intituled Duke of Puglia and Calabria 1062 Nicolas the Second was the first Pope elected in the Conclave 1065 The Vandals and Sclavonians return to their antient Idolatry 1070 The Order de Valle Umbrosa began by S. John Gualbert 1079 They make themselves Masters of the greatest part of Asia 1085 Vratislaus is the first that was styled King of Bohemia 1086 The Institution of the Carthusian Order by S. Bruno 1088 Matilda leaves the Patrimony of S. Peter by Testament 1096 1098 The Cistercian Order first began 1099 Jerusalem being taken Godfrey of Bouloigne was created King thereof 1099 Boemund Prince of Antioch and Baldwin Earl of Edessa 1110 Alphonsus 1128 The Orders of the Knights Templars first instituted 1129 Roger Crowned King of Sicily 1158 The Duke of Bohemia was adorned with the Title of King by the Emperor 1161 Alexandria 1162 Uladislaus the first intituled King of Poland 1178 The two Factions of the Guelss and Gibbecines brake out 1187 Saladin takes Jerusalem 1190 The Turks take Antioch 1195 The Christians lost the greatest part of Soria 1197 The Order of Crutched Fryers restored by S. Ciriacus 1208 S. Dominic instituted the Order of Predicants 1209 S. Francis was Patron of the Fryers Minorites 1237 S. Raymond Compiled the Filth Book of Decretals 1240 The Moors driven out of Spain by King Ferdinand the Holy 1245 The third King of Tartary 1277 Albert created Duke of Austria by the Emperor Rodolphus 1284 The Bloody Sicilian Vespers against the French 1287 The Carmelite Fryers first ordained 1297 The Order of Celestines by Pope Celestinus 1300 The Jubilee appointed to be kept at Rome every One hundred year 1300 Ottoman the Turk began to grow great and Potent 1303 Flavius of Malfi found out the Compass 1305 The Popes Residence or Seat brought to Avignon in France 1309 Rhodes taken by the Turkish Army from the Knights Hospitallers 1326 Lewis of Clermont was the first Duke of Bourbon 1339 Marsilius 1348 Francis Petrarch 1350 The Jubilee was reduced to every fiftieth year 1363 Amurath the Turk 1370 The Original of the Order of S. Briget and Mount Olivet 1375 The Papal Sea restored again to Rome 1376 Lagelon Prince of Lithuania and his Subjects converted to the Christian Faith 1379 Bajazet the Great Turk taken by Tamerlan 1407 The beginning of the Mendicants of S. Jeromes Order 1415 The French found out the use of Guns 1453 Constantinople taken by
his Rebellious Subjects in France 1622 A Peace made between the most Catholick King and the Pope in the Valtoline 1622 Between the Emperor Ferdinand the Second and Leonora Gonzaga 1622 S. Isidore Ignatius Loiola Francis Ravier Philip Nerius S. Teresia were Canonised by Pope Gregory 1622 The Restauration of the Valtoline to the Pope 1623 The death of Pope Gregory the Fifteenth of Bologna 1623 The Creation of Pope Urban the Eighth 1623 Charles Prince of Great Britain went into Spain 1624 The Siege of Breda begun in Brabant 1624 James King of Great Britain sent Forces to recover the Palatinate 1625 The War of the French in the Valtoline 1625 Urban the Eighth Canoniseth Elizabeth Queen of Portugal of the Order of S. Francis 1625 The Savoyards fight against the Genoeses 1625 Breda Surrendred to Marquess Spinola in the name of the Catholick King 1625 The King of Spains Army against the Duke of Savoy 1625 The Siege of Verona 1626 Cardinal Barbarino sent Ambassador into Spain 1628 The Siege of Monserrat 1629 The Birth of the Prince of Spain Don Baltazar Carlo Domenico 1629 Andrew Corsino a Florentine Carmelite Canonised 1629 The Marquess Ambros Spinola was Governor of Milan 1630 Another dreadful Pestilence in Italy 1630 The Burning of Mount Vesuvius 1631 The death of Cardinal Frederick Barromeus 1632 The King of Swedes slain by the Imperialists 1633 The Arrival of Cardinal Infante Don Ferdinando at Milan 1634 A Victory obtained by the King of Hungary and the Cardinal Infante 1635 The Cardinal Caesar Monti 1639 Several places taken in Piedmont by Prince Tomaso and the Marquess Di Leganes and other Towns surrendred 1641 The death of the Cardinal Infante 1642 The Revolt of the Princes of Savoy to the French Party against the Spaniards 1643 Tortona occupied by the French and recovered by the Spaniards 1643 The death of Cardinal Richelieu Favorite to the French King 1643 The death of Lewis the Thirteenth King of France 1643 Prince Tomaso recovers several places in Piedmont 1644 A Peace concluded between the Ecclesiasticks and Confederate Princes 1644 The Forces of Bavaria at Tuttlinghen defeated by the French 1644 The death of Urban the Eighth succeeded by Innocent the Tenth 1644 The Castilian Troops brake through those of Portugal near Albuquerque as also the French Forces and the Catalonians in Neighboring places of Lerida which was besieged by the General to his Catholick Majesty 1644 The death of Queen Isabella of Spain the Wife of Philip the Fourth 1645 The Turks came against the Venetians in Candia 1646 The death of Mary the Empress Wife to Ferdinand the Third Emperor Ibid. The Siege and Relief of Orbetel 1646 A Naval Fight 1646 The Coronation of Prince Caesareo King of Bohemia at Prague 1646 A Conclusion of the Marriage between the most Serene Prince of Spain and the most Serene Infanta of the Empire 1646 The death of Odoard Farnese Duke of Parma and Piacenza Madam his Mother and his Sister the Dutchess of Modena 1646 The Siege of Lerida by the French 1646 The Demolishment of the Fort of Breme in the State of Milan 1647 The taking of Egra in Moravia by the Swedes 1647 The Earthquake in Naples was on the seventh of July on Sunday 1647 The Defeat of the Swedes near Egra by the Imperialists 1647 A Rebellion in England against Charles the First 1647 The Archduke Leopold is Governor of the Forces of his Catholick Majesty in Flanders with the gaining of Armentieres and Londresi 1647 The Invasion of the Duke of Modena who sided with the French in order to the Siege of Cremona 1648 The Inundation of the River Tiber at Rome 1648 Strange Prodigies appeared in the City of Emburgh in Germany 1648 The taking of Clissa by the Venetian Armado 1648 A Peace made between the King of Spain and the Hollander 1648 A Peace concluded between his Catholick Majesty the Princes of the Empire and the Crowns of France and Sweden 1648 The second Marriage of the Emperor Frederick the Third with Mary the Princess of Inspruck Ibid. The death of the King of Poland 1648 The Tumults of the Neopolitans quelled and appeased by the most Serene Signior Don John of Austria 1648 The second Siege of Cremona and its Relief 1648 The violent death of the Grand Signior Ibrahim and his Prime Visier and the Coronation of Mahomet his first-born but seven years of Age. 1648 The Tumults in Naples appeased 1648 Cremona a third time besieged by the French and Modeneses but without any advantage 1648 The Martyrdom of Charles Stuart of Scotland King of Great Britain France and Ireland 1649 A Conspiracy discovered in Madrid against the Royal Person of his Catholick Majesty and the Beheading of some of the Complices 1649 The Arrival in Italy and the Sojournment in Milan of her Majesty Maria Anna of Austria from the Catholick Court and of the King of Hungary and Bohemia Ferdinando Francis the Fourth both of them the most Princely Sons of the most August Ferdinand the Third Emperor 1649 His Majesty the King of Hungaries return to the Imperial Court 1649 A Memorable Action performed between the Fcclesiastick Army and the Parmeses with the Defeat at S. Peters in Casal 1649 Nuptials celebrated between the Duke of Mantua with the most Serene the Archdutchess Isabella Clara of Inspruck 1650 The sudden death of the Marquess James Godfrey Ibid. The seising of Castelet Crainpella and Marson in France by the Spaniard 1650 The Siege and Taking of Porto Longone by the Spanish Forces 1650 S. Theodore in Candia retaken by the Venetians 1650 A Marriage solemnised between the Princess Adelaida of Savoy with the Prince Ferdinand 1650 The Turkish Fleet defeated by the Venetians 1651 A notable overthrow of the Cossacks and Tartars given by the King of Poland 1651 The most Christian French king being of maturity was solemnly Crowned and confirmed King by all the people unanimously 1652 The taking of the City of Barcelona by the Spanish Army 1652 Gravelling and Dunkirk repossessed by the Spaniard 1654 The Imprisonment of the Duke of Lorrain being first committed to the Castle at Antwerp and then conducted to Spain 1654 The famous Marriage of his Highness the Duke of Modena and the Lady Donna Lucretia Barberina 1654 Bourdeaux besieged and taken by the French 1654 The Consecration of his most Christian Majesty at the City of Rheims 1655 The death of Pope Innocent the Tenth and the Creation of Alexander the Seventh 1655 The Extirpation of the Hereticks in the Valley of Lucerna 1655 The Journey of Christina Queen of Sweden to Rome 1656 The Coronation of the King of Bohemia at Prague 1657 Festivals celebrated in Italy 1658 The Creation of Leopold the first Emperor 1659 A Cessation of Arms in Italy 1659 The Canonization of S. Thomas of Villanova 1659 An Earthquake in Calabria 1660 A Peace ratified and confirmed between the Crowns of France and Spain 1660 The Celebration of the Marriage of Lewis the Fourteenth of France and
25. Roger l'Estrange condemned to die for an attempt upon Lyn Regis Jan. 1. Hothams the Father and Son beheaded Jan. 2. Roger l'Estrange reprieved Jan. 10. Land Archbishop of Canterbury beheaded Jan. 11. A skirmish at Cullom Bridge where Sir H. Gage was slain Jan. 14. Prince Maurice set out from Exeter towards Worcester Jan. 30. Uxbridge Treaty began Febr. 22. Uxbridge Treaty ended Febr. 22. Shrewsbury surprised by the Parliament Febr. 25. Colonel Rossiter defeated near Melton Mowbray Mar. 1. Pontefract relieved and the Parliaments army defeated by Sir Marmaduke Langdale Mar. 5. Prince Charles sets out from Oxford towards the West Mar. 10. The Parliament at Oxford adjourned till October the tenth next Mar. 10. Prince Charles came to Bristol Mar. 24. The House of Commons Voted that the Clause For the Preservation of 〈◊〉 Majesties Person should be left out in Sir Thomas Fairfax Commission 1645. Apr. 14. High-Archal siege raised Apr. 22. Colonel Massey defeated at Ledbury by Prince Rupert Apr. 24. Belchingt-house delivered up to the Parliament Apr. 25. Colonel Windebank sentenced for it May 3. Col. Windebank shot to death at Oxford May 7. The King marched from Oxford May 22. Oxford the first time besieged May 23. Godstow House quitted May 26. Eversham taken by the Parliament May 30. Leicester besieged by the King May 31. Stormed and taken June 1. Gaunt House yielded June 2. A Sally made out of Oxford after which General Fairfax raised his siege June 14. The fatal Battle of Naesby June 18. Leicester regained by the Parliament June 27. Highworth surrendred June 28. Carliste yielded to the Scots July 4. The Scotch Army at Tamworth July 10. The Kings Forces defeated at Langport July 21. Pontefract Castle delivered to the Parliament July 23. Bridgewater also July 25. Scarborough the like July 30. Bathe likewise Aug. 15. The Scotch Army sate down before Hereford Aug. 17. Sherbourn Castle taken by the Parliament Montross defeated the Scotch Army near Glascow in Scotland Aug. 22. General Fairfax sate before Bristol Aug. 27. The Lord Keeper Littleton died Aug. 27. The King came to Oxford Aug. 30. The King marched to Morton Henmarsh Sept. 2. The Scots raised their siege from before Hereford Sept. 6. The Parliaments Quarters beat up at Tamworth Captain Gardner was slain there Sept. 10. Bristol surrendred to General Fairfax Sept. 13. Montross defeated at Philliphaugh in Scotland Sept. 22. The Kings Army routed at Zouten Heath and slain there the L. Ber. Stuart Earl of Lichfield Oct. 14. Basing-house taken and in it the Noble Marquess of Winchester Oct. 15. The Lord Digby defeated at Sherbourne in Dorsetshire Nov. 3. The King returned to Oxford Nov. 5. Bolton Castle yielded to the Parliament Nov. 16. Beeston Castle the like Dec. 4. Latham-house also Dec. 17. Hereford surprised Jan. 19. Wormleighton-house burnt Jan. 19. Dartmouth stormed and taken by the Parliament Feb. 3. Belvoir Castle delivered to the Parliament Feb. 3. Westchester the like Feb. 16. Torrington stormed and taken by the Parliament Feb. 25. Launceston quitted by the King Feb. 28. Saltash likewise Feb. 29. Lizzard also Mar. 3. Mount Edgcomb yielded Mar. 3. Foy quitted by the King Mar. 11. Earl of Lichfield interred at Oxford Mar. 14. The Lord Hopton accepted of Conditions for disbanding his Army near Stow. Mar. 21. The Lord Ashley defeated near Stow. 1646. Mar. 25. Dennington surrendred to the Parliament Apr. 8. Ruthen Castle delivered Apr. 8. Corfe Castle taken Apr. 13. Exeter delivered Apr. 15. S. Michaels Mount yielded Apr. 25. Prince Ruperts Troops disbanded Apr. 25. Dunster Castle delivered Apr. 26. Woodstock surrendred Apr. 27. The King went disguised from Oxford May 2. Oxford besieged the second time by General Fairfax May 5. The King came to the Scotch Army at Southwell May 6. The Magazine for Provision in Oxford first opened May 8. Banbury surrendred May 13. The King carried to Newcastle May 18. A Treaty began at Oxford May 24. Radnor surrendred May 31. The Stream of Isis at Oxford turned into the old Channel June 6. Carnarvon surrendred June 9. Ludlow delivered June 10. Berstall the like June 17. A Cessation of Arms at Oxford June 22. The Treaty there ended June 24. Oxford and Farrington surrendred July 9. The Duke of Yorks Servants discharged July 16. Lichfields Close surrendred July 23. Worcester the like July 24. The Princess Henrietta conveyed from Oatlands by the Lady Dalkeith July 28. Wallingford Castle surrendred July 31. Gothridge the like July 31. Pendennis yielded July 31. Conway taken by storm Aug. 8. The true Great Seal of England broken and defaced Aug. 19. Ragland surrendred Sept. 13. The Earl of Essex died Sept. 16. Scilly Island and Castle surrendred Octo. 22. The Earl of Essex Funeral Octo. 26. Denbigh Castle surrendred Nov. 12. General Fairfax triumphantly marched to London Febr. 1. The Scotch Army marched into Scotland having sold their King for Money Febr. 12. Barwick quitted by the Scots Febr. 17. King Charles brought prisoner to Holmby 1647. June 4. The King taken from Holmby by Cornet Joyce and carried to Childersley June 8. Thence to Newark June 24. To Royston July 1. To Hatfield July 3. To Windsor July 5. To Caversham where the Prince Elector visited him July 11. To Mandenhead where His Royal Highness the Duke of York dined with him July 22. To Latimer July 30. Thence to Stoke July 30. The City declared against the Army Aug. 7. The Army marched into London where the Forts and Outworks were sleighted Aug. 14. The King at Oatlands Aug. 23. The King dined at Sion house Aug. 24. Thence to Hampton Court Nov. 11. The King fled into the Isle of Wight Jan. 30. Voted that no further Addresses be made to the King Febr. 10. Captain Burleigh murdered at Winton Febr. 14. Judge Jenkins brought to the Bar where he denied the power of the Court. 1648. Apr. 9. A great rising of the Apprentices of London in behalf of the King Apr. 20. His Royal Highness the Duke of York escaped from S. Jameses Apr. 30. Barwick surprised by Sir Marmaduke Langdale May 25. Carliste taken by Sir Philip Musgrave May 25. Chepstow surrendred to the Parliament and Sir Nicholas Kemish stain May 27. Part of the Navy revolted from the Parliament May 27. Tenby surrendred May 31. Maidstone fight June 2. Pontefract Castle surprised June 6. The Lord Goring at Stratford-Bow with his Forces June 30. Votes for no further Addresses to the King nulled July 7. Francis Lord Villiers slain at Kingstone Aug. 17. The Scotch Army under Duke Hamilton defeated Aug. 28. Colchésier surrendred and Sir Charles Lucas Sir George Lisle shot to death Sept. 18. The Treaty began in the Isle of Wight Octo. 29. Rainsborough slain Nov. 27. The Treaty in the Isle of Wight broken off Dec. 1. The King taken away from the Isle of Wight and carried to Harst Castle Dec. 5. The Kings Concessions Voted satisfactory Dec. 6. Members imprisoned and secluded by the Army Dec. 21. The King brought
submitted joyfully May 7. Charles the First statue set up again in Guildhal Yard May 8. His Majesty most joyfully Proclaimed in London and Westminster and afterwards all His Dominions over May 8. His Majesty Charles the Second left Breda May 16. Came to the Hague May 23. Charles the Second with the Dukes of York and Glocester imbarked for England May 25. Happily landed at Dover where the Lord General Monk and some part of the Army attended him with several Voluntier Troops of the Nobility and Gentry Thence to Canterbury May 28. To Rochester May 29. Made His magnificent entry through His City of London to His Pallace of Whitehal June 25. Sir John Robinson made Lieutenant of the Tower of London July 12. General George Monk for those signal and eminent Services performed by him for the King and Kingdom Created Duke of Albemarle c. and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter July 13. Albemarle took his place in the House of Peers July 26. Col. Edward Montague Admiral at Sea for his good services Created Earl of Sandwich c. and Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter and took his place in the House of Peers July 28. The Marquess of Ormond the like as Earl of Brecknock Sep. 10. Peace with Spain Proclaimed Sep. 13. The Parliament Adjourned till November the sixth next where Passed an Act for disanding the Army Sep. 13. An Act of Indempnity Sep. 13. The Regicides excepted out of Pardon Sep. 13. The Prince de Ligne Ambassador from Spain came to London Sep. 13. Henry Duke of Glocester died Sep. 23. His Majesty and his Royal Highness went to meet the Princess Royal of Orange Sep. 25. The Princess Royal came to London Octo. 9. The Regicides indicted at Hickshal Octo. 10. Their tryal began at the Old Baily Octo. 13. Thomas Harrison one of them hanged drawn and quartered at Charing Cross Octo. 15. John Carew executed in the like manner being another Octo. 16. John Cook and Hugh Peters two more executed in the same manner Octo. 17. Thomas Scot Gregory Clement Adrian Scroop and Jo. Jones executed in the same place and manner Octo. 19. Daniel Axtel the like at Tiburne and Francis Hacker only hanged Octo. 27. His Majesty went to meet His Mother the Queens Majesty Nov. 2. His Majesty returned with His Royal Mother Princess Henrietta and Prince Edward of the Rhine Nov. 6. The Lords and Commons met again Nov. 24. The Princess Royal of Orange died Nov. 29. The Parliament Dissolved and the same day the Princess of Orange was Interred in Henry the Seventh's Chappel Jan. 1. The Parliament met in Scotland Jan. 1. Charles the First Son of the Duke of York born and christned was Created Duke of Cambridge Jan. 2. The Queen Mother with the Princess Henrietta set for France Jan. 6. Venner and his party in Arms in the City of London dispersed Jan. 9. They appear again but killed and taken and Venner their Captain taken Jan. 25. The Solemn League and Covenant rescinded in Scotland by the Parliament Who declare the Power of the Militia in His Majesty Jan. 25. The Parliament in Scotland pass an Act for the Attainder of the Marquess of Argile Jan. 25. The Queen Mother and the Princess Henrietta imbarked for France Jan. 30. The Carcasses of Oliver Cromwel Henry Ireton and John Bradshaw hanged at Tibourne and buried under the Gallows Jan. 30. Their Heads set on Westminster-Hall Febr. 5. The Earl of Southampton sworn Lord High Treasurer of England Febr. 13. Argile brought to his tryal Febr. 14. The late Army wholly disbanded Mar. 6. The Parliament in Ireland Dissolved Mar. 9. The Writs for Summoning of a Parliament in England to convene on May 8. 1661. were sealed 1661. Apr. 13. His Majesty issued out Writs for the assembling a Convocation Apr. 19. Sixty eight Knights of the Bath Created to attend His Majesty at His Coronation according to custom Apr. 20. The Lord Chancellor Hide Created Earl of Clarendon Arthur Lord Capel made Earl of Essex with four Earls more and six new Barons Apr. 22. His Majesties magnificent proceeding from the Tower through London to Whitehal towards His Coronation Apr. 23. Charles the Second Crowned at Westwinster May 7. A General Muster of the Forces of the City of London in Hide Park consisting of Two Regiments of Horse and Twelve Regiments of Foot May 8. The Parliament began at Westminster wherein the House of Lords were restored to their antient Priviledges May 8. The Convocation likewise began May 8. The Parliament began in Ireland May 11. The Body of the Noble Marquess of Montross taken up and Interred in great state May 17. Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia arrived at London May 22. The Solemn League and Covenant burnt in London and Westminster and afterwards all England over by Order of the Parliament May 27. The Marquess of Argile beheaded at Edenburgh May 28. The Writing called The Act for the Tryal of 〈◊〉 late Majesty Charles the First burnt 〈◊〉 Order of Parliament in Westminster-Hall July 14. The Liturgy of the Church of England first read in the French Tongue at the French Church in the Savoy July 30. The Parliament Adjourned till November the twentieth next Passed July 30. An Act declaring the Militia His Majesties July 30. An Act for the safety of His Majesties Person c. Sept. 30. Hapned that remarkable encounter between the French Ambassador and the Spanish for precedency at the publick entry of Count Brohe Ambassador Extraordinary from Sweden to England on Tower-Hill Octo. 8. His Majesty by Proclamation established the Council of the Marches of Wales Earl of Carbery first President Nov. 4. James Duke of Ormond made Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Nov. 20. The Parliament sate again wherein the Lords Spiritual were restored to their antient Priviledges Dec. 13. The Society of Lincolns Inn to renew the antient Custom of that House in the choice of a Lord Lieutenant and Prince of the Grang. Elected Jo. Lort Esquire to that dignity Dec. 18. Charles Coot Earl of Montrath in Ireland died Dec. 20. The Parliament Adjourned till January the seventh next Dec. 20. An Act for purging of Corporations c. Jan. 7. The Parliament met again Jan. 7. Frederick Lord Cornwallis died Jan. 16. The Council of the Marches first sitting Jan. 30. The Earl of Peterborough took possession of Tangier Feb. 13. Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia died 1662. Apr. 13. Queen Catherine imbarked for England Apr. 19. Miles Corbet John Okey and John Barkstead three Regieides hanged drawn and quartered at Tibourne Apr. 23. Articles of Peace concluded with Algiers by Sir John Lawson May 3. Major Fienes and his party cut off at Tangier by the Moors May 14. Queen Catherine landed at Portsmouth May 19. His Majesty Prorogued the Parliament till Febr. 18 next May 21. Kings Charles the Second and Donna Carberine Infant of Portugal were married by Gilbert Lord Bishop of London at Portsmouth May 29. The King and Queen came to
of the Downs towards the Coasts of Flanders Febr. 27. The Earl of Sandwich set forward on his Ambassage Extraordinary for Spain Febr. 26. Launched at Harwich a third Rate Ship named the Rupert Febr. 27. Sir Christopher Mings with his Fleet-at the Mouth of the Elve Febr. 28. A Deputation from the French Church in the Savoy attended His Majesty with the humble thanks of that Church for His great Protection and Indulgence expressed towards them in His late Declaration against the French Mar. 8. His Majesty and Royal Highness parted from Whitchal for Audley End Mar. 15. Sir Jeremy Smith with his Squadron at Tangier Mar. 22. Launched at Yarmouth a fifth Rate Fregate named the Sweepstakes 1666. Mar. 27. Launched at Deptford a stout Ship of Sixty-four Guns named the Defiance in the presence of His Majesty who conferred the honor of Knighthood on Captain Robert Holmes designed to command her Apr. 6. His Majesty issued out His Proclamation for farther Proroguing the Parliament from the three and twentieth instant till September eighteen next following Apr. 17. Sir Gilbert Talbot His Majesties Envoy Extraordinary late to Denmark arrived at Whitehal from thence c20 Peace concluded by the States with the Bishop of Munster Febr. 21. His Majesty set forth His Proclamation commanding Colonel John Desborough Colonel Thomas Kelsey and several other Officers in the late disbanded Army to return into England by the two and twentieth of July next or else to stand guilty and be attainted of High Treason Febr. 21. Sir Jeremy Smith with his Squadron arrived at Plimouth from the Streights Febr. 23. His Highness Prince Rupert and his Grace the Duke of Albemarle His Majesties Generals at Sea for this Summers expedition went this day towards the Fleet to enter upon their Command Febr. 23. The Parliament met and were actually Prorogued according to His Majesties Proclamation till September the eighteenth next Febr. 26. This day were Indicted and Convicted at the Old Baily London John Ratbbone and some others Officers in the late Disbanded Army for conspiring against the Royal Person of His Majesty In order to which they had laid their plot for the surprise of the Tower the killing of the Lord General And the better to effect their design the City of London was to have been fired Evidence against them being very clear they were found guilty of High Treason and hanged drawn and quartered at Tyburne Febr. 29. The French Protestants of Dublin having the favor to have a Church granted them in that City this day met in their first Assembly where my Lord Lieutenanthonored them with his presence May 3. His Majesty and Royal Highness went to see the Fleet in the Buoy in the Nore May 6. Returned to Whitehal May 19. The Lord Bellasis arrived at Whitehal from Tangier May 23. Prince Rupert and the Duke of Albemarle with His Majesties Fleet under their command set sail from the Buoy in the Nore and arrived at the Gunfleet May 24. The Lord Hollis arrived at Whitehal from his Ambassie in France May 26 27. The Duke of Albemarle with that part under his command at the back of the Goodwins arrived in the Downs May 28. The Earl of Sandwich His Majesties Ambassdor Extraordinary to the Crown of Spain arrived at Madrid May 31. His Grace the Duke of Albemarle set sail from the Downs June 1. This day he discovered the whole Dutch Fleet about ninty capital Ships near the Coast of Flanders made up to them and ingaged them June 2. His Highness Prince Rupert passed by Dover towards the Gunfleet with his Squadron to joyn with the Duke of Albemarle June 3. Prince Rupert joyned with the Duke June 3. The Royal Prince unhappily stranded on the Galloper and burnt by the Dutch The Commander Sir George Ascough taken prisoner and carried to Holland June 4. The Ingagement continued June 6. This day His Majesty had the confirmation of a happy Victory obtained the fourth instant against the United Naval Force of the States General by His Majesties Fleet under the command of his Highness Prince Rupert and his Grace the Duke of Albemarle after a sharp Ingagement of three days in two of which the Duke of Albemarle maintained the fight with fifty Ships against eighty odd Ships of the enemy June 10. The Generals with the whole Fleet at the Buoy in the Nore June 11. Lord Douglass and his Regiment arrived at Rye from France June 11. There was launched at Deptford The Loyal London carrying a hundred Guns built at the charge of the City of London for the service of His Majesty June 11. Launched at Blackwal a Ship named the Warspight June 12. The Earl of Ossory sworn of His Majesties most Honorable Privy Council June 16. His Majesty and Royal Highness went to the Buoy in the Nore to view His Fleet. June 21. The Honorable Henry Coventry Esquire arrived at Whitehal from his Ambassie to Sweden June 26. Died at Madrid Sir R. Fanshaw Ambassador in that Court from the King of England June 27. Their Excellencies the Lord George Flemming the Lord Peter Julius Coyet Ambassadors Extraordinary from the Crown of Sweden made their publick entry through the City of London June 28. The Dutch Fleet hovering about the North Foreland July 3. About the Longsands July 4. Her Royal Highness brought to Bed of a Son July 7. Garland utterly routed and defeated by Taffaletta near Tangier July 19. The English Fleet under the Command of Prince Rupert and Duke of Albemarle sailed from the Buoy in the Nore July 25 26. There was obtained by His Majesties Fleet under the command of his Highness Prince Rupert and his Grace the Duke of Albemarle a manifest and undoubted Victory against the whole Dutch Fleet who were most shamefully chaced into their Harbors July 25 26. The Lord Willoughby Governor of the Caribbee Islands for His Majesty was unfortunately lost in a Hurricane near Martineco Aug. 4. The English Fleet before the Macs and Scheveling Aug. 6. Before the Texel Aug. 7. The memorable Action and happy Success of Sir Robert Holmes in burning and destroying above One hundred and fifty Sail of Dutch Ships in the Fly most of them richly laden As also the Town of Bandaris upon the Island of Schelling containing at least One thousand Houses Aug. 14. A solemn Thanksgiving kept in London and Westminster for the late Victory and Successes against the Dutch to be kept by the rest of the Kingdom the twenty third instant Aug. 15. The whole English Fleet arrived at Southwold-Bay from the Coast of Holland Sept. 1. The Dutch Fleet passed by Dover the English Fleet making all the sail after them in sight Sept. 2. About one of the clock this Morning a sudden and lamentable Fire broke out in the City of London beginning in a place called Pudding lane near New Fishstreet which burnt down and consumed in the space of four days the greatest part of that flourishing and famous City Sept. 7. The Duke of Albemarle
arrived at Whitehal from the Fleet leaving his Highness Prince Rupert the sole command of the Fleet in his absence Sept. 8. The Dutch Fleet weighed from Bulloigne Road and stood for their own Coast Sept. 12. Prince Rupert in S. Hellens Road. Sept. 12. His Majesty set forth His Declaration shewing His Princely care and Royal intention for the speedy Restauration of the City of London Sept. 18. The Parliament met according to their Prorogation Sept. 18. His Majesties Fleet under Prince Rupert sailed by Doven Road. Sept. 18. Three of four French Men of War separated from the rest of their Fleet fell amongst some of our Fleet of which we took one Ship of Fifty four Brass Guns Captain De Roch prisoner Sept. 18. The Right Honorable the Earl of Ossory being called by His Majesties Writ to the House of Peers this day took his place Octo. 5. His Highness Prince Rupert arrived at Whitehal having left His Majesties Fleet at the Buoy in the Nere. Octo. 10. This day was kept very solemnly a day of Fasting and Humiliation in consideration of the late dreadful Fire in the City of London Octo. 12. The Parliament Voted another Supply to His Majesty of Eighteen hundred thousand pounds sterling Octo. 19. War declared against the King of Denmark Nov. 8. The Vice-Admiral of Denmark a Ship of Fifty two Guns was taken by some of His Majesties Fregats on the Coast of Scotland Nov. 9. A violent Fire hapned in His Majesties Horse Guard-House in the Tiltyard but soon happily quenched Nov. 20. This day was observed in the Cities of London and Westminster a day of Thanksgiving to God for asswaging the late Contagion and Plague in the said Cities Nov. 27. Several Rebellious People in Scotland being got together to the number of fifteen hundred having committed several hostilities and rebellious pranks against His Majesties good Subjects were this day discomfited and totally routed by His Majesties Forces in that Kingdom Nov. 28. The Honorable Sir Thomas Clifford made Comptroller of His Majesties Houshold And admitted of His Majesties most Honorable Privy Council Decemb. 5. Dec. 3. Iames Duke of Cambridge eldest Son of his Royal Highness installed into the Order of the Garter Dec. 7. Ten of the late Rebels in Scotland executed at Edenburgh Dec. 12. The Right Honorable Robert Earl of Lindsey Lord High Chamberlain of England sworn of His Majesties most honorable Privy Council Dec. 25. Captain Robinson with the Squadron under his command took and destroyed three Dutch Men of War near the Texel Feb. 5. The S. Patrick taken by the Dutch off of Portsmouth deserted by her own Fireship Feb. 8. This day His Majesty went to the House of Peers and was Graciously pleased to Pass among others 1. An Act for the Rebuilding of London 2. An Act for erecting a Court of Judicature for determining of differences arising touching Houses burnt and demolished by reason of the late Fire in London After which the Parliament was Prorogued to October the tenth next Feb. 13. The Right Honorable the Earl of Bridgwater sworn of His Majesties most Honorable Privy Council Mar. 7. Captain Seely Captain of the Fireship that deserted the Patrick was this day shot to death aboard his own Vessel Mar. 8. A Proclamation issued for the apprehension of the Duke of Buckingbam Mar. 16. Captain Utbert arrived from the Streights with the Squadron under his command and seven Prizes at Plimouth 1667. Mar. 25. Died the Right Honorable the Earl of Cleveland Captain of His Majesties Band of Pensioners his charge conferred on the Right Honorable the Lord Bellasis Mar. 30. Was launched in the Forrest of Dean a stout Fregat named the S. David of Sixty Guns Apr. 17. The Commissioners impowered by a command under the Great Seal of England according to His Majesties promise to both Houses of Parliament for taking the account of the several sums of Moneys assigned to His Majesty during the present important Wars sate this day the first time Apr. 26. The Ambassadors Extraordinary from Sweden this day took their parting leave of His Majesty Apr. 29. Their Excellencies the Lord Hollis and Henry Coventry Esquire Ambassadors Extraordinary designed by His Majesty for the Treaty at breda set forward on their Ambassie Apr. 30. Several Squadrons of Dutch Ships attempted Burnt Island in Scotland but beaten off with loss May 16. This Evening died at his House in new Southampton Buildings the Right Honorable Thomas Earl of Southampton Lord High Treasurer of England May 18. The most Christian King of France sent his Manifesto to all the Princes his Allies declaring his Pretensions to Brabant Hainault c. May 21. Their Excellencies the Lord Hollis and Honorable Henry Coventry Esq Ambassadors Extraordinary made their entry into Breda May 22. Sir John Duncomb admitted of His Majesties most Honorable Privy Council May 26. Died at S. James's his Grace the Duke of Kendal second Son to his Royal Highness June 1. His Majesty by His Commission under the Great Seal of England constituted his Grace the Duke of Albemarle the Right Honorable the Lord Ashley the Honorable Sir Thomas Clifford Sir William Coventry and Sir John Duncomb His Maiesties Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Treasurer of England June 6. The Dutch Fleet upwards of seventy Sail came to an Anchor in the Gunfleet June 11. Some of His Majesties Fregats took twelve Dutch Prizes and sunk two upon the Coast of Norway June 20. Died at Richmond his Highness the Duke of Cambridge first Son to his Royal Highness June 20. Taken by some of His Majesties Ships and brought into Scotland a rich East-India Dutch Ship outwards bound having seventy four Brass-Guns in her Hold. June 25. This day Sir John Harman with sixteen sail of English Men of War engaged the French Fleet about thirty Men of War near Martinego and successfully burnt and destroyed the most part of them June 26. The Parliament standing Prorogued till the tenth of October next His Majesty for divers urgent causes issued out His Proclamation to both Houses of Parliament to fit and reassemble at Westminster the twenty fifth of July next June 26. Eight Dutch Prizes laden with Masts and Deal taken by His Majesties Fregats Northward June 29. Peace concluded at Breda by His Majesty with France Denmark and the States-General July 7. Arrived at Whitehal his Excellency Henry Coventry Esquire with an account of the late concluded Peace at Breda July 15. A Squadron of the Dutch appeared in sight of Plimouth July 19. They made an attempt upon Torbay but beaten off July 23. 24. A Squadron of the Dutch Fleet about twenty three in number make up for the River of Thames and near the Hope are encountred and fought with by Sir Edward Spragge with some Fregates and Fireships under his command at last were forced to draw off being still pursued by our Fregates till out of the River July 25. The Parliament met at Westminster in obedience to His