Appendix: Chronology
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1641 Orange Stuart: marriage of Willem II and Mary, daughter of Charles I
1649 Execution of Charles I: The Interregnum
1650 Death of William II; no Stadholder
1652-1654 First Anglo-Dutch War
1660 The Stuart Restoration: Charles II returns to Britain from exile
1664-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
1672-1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War (Britain allied to France)
1672 William III Stadholder
1677 Orange Stuart: marriage of William III Mary, daughter of James, Duke
of York
1685 Death of Charles II: accession of Duke of York as James II
1688 William III invades England: The 'Glorious' or Williamite Revolution
1688-1697 Nine Years' War ('William's War')
1702-1713 War of the Spanish Succession ('Anne's War')