This Act of 1660 ensured that no-one - aside from some very specific exceptions (like the people who had been involved in the trial and execution of Charles I) - would be punished by the Restoration government for their behaviour during the civil wars.
Act of Indemnity and Oblivion
Fact of the Day
James Garfield, the twentieth president of the USA, could write in Greek with one hand and at the same time write in Latin with the other.
Quote of the Day
"I think a curse should rest on me, because I love this war. I know it's smashing and shattering the lives of thousands every moment, and yet I can't help it, I enjoy every second of it.
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~ Winston Churchill in 1916
On This Day
1715 The French monk Dom Pérignon died, aged 76. It is wrongly claimed that he invented sparkling wine.
1752 Wednesday 2 September was followed by Thursday 14 September when the Gregorian Calendar was introduced into Britain.
1812 Following victory at the Battle of Borodino, Napoleon's vanguard entered Moscow. Perhaps as a result of Russian resistance, the city was set on fire and when the fire eventually burnt out four days later, only a small portion of the city, and 12,000 charred bodies, remained.
1852 Military hero and politician Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, died due to the aftereffects of a stroke, aged 83.
1901 US President William McKinley died of the gunshot wounds he'd received from an assassin eight days previously.
1932 Paul Gorguloff, the assassin of French president Paul Doumer, was guillotined. He'd killed Doumer because of a hypnotic vision.
1975 Catholic convert, mother, and founder of Catholic schools, Elizabeth Ann Seton became the first American to be canonized, by Pope Paul VI.