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Reign of
Charles II
1660-1685

1661
Louis XIV assumes French throne

1664-1667
Second Anglo-Dutch War

1665
Plague in London

1666
Great Fire of London

Isaac Newton formulates laws of gravity

1667
John Milton publishes Paradise Lost

1672-1674
Third Anglo-Dutch War


Charles II
Samuel Pepys 

Isaac Newton		  
John Milton


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