16 March – the Long Parliament (first elected in 1640) votes to dissolve itself, calling for a free general election.[5]
4 April – Declaration of Breda issued by the exiled Charles II promises amnesty, freedom of conscience and army back pay in return for the Restoration of the Crown.[4]
25 April – first meeting of the Convention Parliament, newly elected as a "free parliament",[7] i.e. with no oath of allegiance to the Commonwealth or to the monarchy, but predominantly Royalist and Presbyterian in its membership, with only 16 members of the former Rump re-elected.[4] The House of Lords reconvenes for the first time since its abolition in 1649.[5]
3 September – in a ceremony starting at 11pm, James, Duke of York, the King's brother and heir, and Anne Hyde are privately married at her father's London home. Their first child is born 2 months later.
25 September – one of the earliest references to tea in England appears in Samuel Pepys's diary.[3]
Robert Boyle's landmark book New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects. The second edition in 1662 will contain Boyle's law.
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