1 June – At
Dover, England, Louis XIV and
Charles II of England sign the
Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return, Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the
Dutch Republic, and convert to Catholicism himself.
^Garreau, Joseph E. (1984), "Jean Racine", in Hochman, Stanley (ed.), McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, vol. 4 (2nd ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, p. 194,
ISBN978-0-07-079169-5
1 June – At
Dover, England, Louis XIV and
Charles II of England sign the
Secret Treaty of Dover, ending hostilities between their kingdoms. Louis will give Charles 200,000 pounds annually. In return, Charles will relax the laws against Catholics, gradually re-Catholicize England, support French policy against the
Dutch Republic, and convert to Catholicism himself.
^Garreau, Joseph E. (1984), "Jean Racine", in Hochman, Stanley (ed.), McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama, vol. 4 (2nd ed.), New York: McGraw-Hill, p. 194,
ISBN978-0-07-079169-5