1. COLOR KEY
1.1. Periodicals - Brown
1.2. Political - Red
1.3. Publications - Green
1.4. Religious - Blue
1.5. Social - Purple
1.6. Science - Orange
2. 1660
2.1. Charles II restored to throne
2.2. Pepys begins Diary
2.3. Theatres reopen
3. 1662
3.1. Act of Uniformity
3.1.1. All clergy must obey Church of England
3.1.2. Book of Common Prayer reimposed
3.1.3. Many Clergy refuse BoCP and were forced to leave their homes in London.
3.2. Royal Society Chartered
3.2.1. The first Curator of Experiments was Robert Hooke
3.3. Licensing Act Renewed
3.3.1. Regulates Printing and Printing Presses
4. 1664
4.1. Plague outbreaks, continues through 1666, The Great Fire
5. 1666
5.1. The Great Fire
6. 1667
6.1. Milton, Paradise Lost
7. 1668
7.1. Dryden, Essay of Dramatic Poesy
7.2. Dryden becomes Poet Laureate
8. 1673
8.1. Test Act
8.1.1. Prevents non-Anglicans from holding any public office
9. 1678
9.1. Popish Plot
9.1.1. False conspiracy to kill King Charles II and those most loyal to him. Perpetuated by Titus Oates.
9.2. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress
10. 1681
10.1. Charles II dissolves Parliament
10.2. Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel
11. 1685
11.1. Death of Charles II
11.2. James II ascends the throne
11.2.1. Catholic
12. 1687
12.1. Isaac Newton, Principia Mathematica
13. 1688
13.1. The Glorious Revolution
13.2. James II exiled
13.3. Succeeded by Mary and William III
13.3.1. Protestant
14. 1690
14.1. Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
15. 1692
15.1. The Gentleman's Journal appears
15.1.1. Edited by Peter Motteux
16. 1694
16.1. Gentleman's Journal ends publication
16.2. Queen Mary dies, William III enthroned
17. 1695
17.1. Licensing Act lapses
17.1.1. Publishing regulations slacken
17.2. The Post Boy periodical appears
17.2.1. Edited by Abel Roper
17.2.2. Tory newspaper
17.3. The Post-Man appears
17.3.1. Edited by Jean de Fonvive
17.3.2. Tory newspaper
17.4. The Flying Post appears
17.4.1. Edited by George Ridpath
17.4.2. Whig Newspaper
18. 1698
18.1. The London Spy periodical appears
18.1.1. Edited by Edward (Ned) Ward
19. 1700
19.1. Congreve, The Way of the World
19.2. Astell, Some Reflections upon Marriage
19.3. The London Spy ends publication
19.4. Amusements Serious and Comical periodical appears briefly
19.4.1. Edited by Tom Brown
20. 1701
20.1. War of Spanish Succession begins
20.2. Defoe, The True-Born Englishman
21. 1702
21.1. Death of William III
21.2. Succession of Anne
21.2.1. Protestant
21.3. The Daily Courant appears
21.3.1. Edited by Samuel Buckley
21.3.2. Whig newspaper
21.4. The Observator appears
21.4.1. Edited by John Tutchin
22. 1704
22.1. Newton, Optics
22.2. The Rehearsal periodical appears
22.2.1. Edited by Charles Leslie
22.2.2. Tory newspaper
23. 1707
23.1. Act of Union with Scotland
24. 1708
24.1. Swift, The Bickerstaff Papers
25. 1709
25.1. Tatler periodical appears
25.1.1. Edited by Steele under the pseudonym Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.
25.1.2. Issue No. 1- Tuesday, April 12
25.1.3. 271 issues in total
26. 1710
26.1. Tatler ends publication
26.1.1. Final issue (No. 271)- Tuesday, Jan. 2
26.2. Tories come into power
27. 1711
27.1. Pope, An Essay on Criticism
27.2. Spectator periodical appears
27.2.1. Edited by Addison and Steele, essays contributed by various authors
27.2.2. Issue No. 1- March 1
27.2.3. 555 issues in this series
28. 1712
28.1. Spectator ends publication
28.1.1. Final issue (No. 555)- Saturday, Dec. 6
28.2. The Observator ends publication
28.3. Stamp Tax imposed on publications
28.3.1. Limits periodical readership
29. 1713
29.1. The Guardian periodical appears
29.1.1. Edited by Steele
29.1.2. Essays published anonymously
29.1.3. Issue No. 1- March 12
29.2. Guardian ends publication
29.2.1. Final issue (No. 175)- October 1
29.3. The Englishman periodical appears
29.3.1. Edited by Steele
29.3.2. Issue No. 1- October 6
30. 1714
30.1. Spectator reappears
30.1.1. Edited by Addison
30.1.2. Issue No. 1- June 18
30.2. Queen Anne dies. George I enthroned
30.2.1. Whigs return to power
31. 1721
31.1. Robert Walpole comes to power
31.1.1. England's first Prime Minister
32. 1726
32.1. Swift, Gulliver's Travels
33. 1727
33.1. George I dies/ George II enthroned
34. 1728
34.1. Gay, The Beggar's Opera
35. 1730
35.1. The Post-Man ends publication
36. 1731
36.1. The Flying Post ends publication
37. 1735
37.1. The Daily Courant ends publication
38. 1736
38.1. The Post Boy ends publication
39. 1737
39.1. Licensing Act
40. 1742
40.1. Walpole Resigns
41. 1744
41.1. The Female Spectator appears
41.1.1. Edited by Eliza Haywood
41.1.2. First periodical by a woman for women
42. 1748
42.1. Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
43. 1750
43.1. The Rambler appears
43.1.1. Edited by Johnson
43.1.2. Issue No. 1- March 20
44. 1752
44.1. The Rambler ends publication
44.1.1. March 14
45. 1753
45.1. The Adventurer appears
45.1.1. Edited by John Hawkesworth
45.1.2. 29 essays contributed by Johnson
46. 1754
46.1. The Adventurer ends publication
47. 1755
47.1. Johnson's Dictionary
48. 1758
48.1. The Idler appears
48.1.1. Edited by Johnson
48.1.2. Issue No. 1- April 15
49. 1760
49.1. The Idler ends publication
49.1.1. Final issue, No. 103- April 5