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What are all the accomplishments made by King Charles II?

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what are ALL his accomplishments?

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  1. His primary accomplishment was succeeding in his #1 aim:

    never to be exiled again.


  2. Well there's King Charles II of England and King Charles II of Spain.  Here's some information in the links below to get you started.  If you need more info,  just Google and you'll have your assignment done in a flash.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_...

    best of luck to you!

  3. ---Oversaw a relatively peaceful Restoration of the Monarchy

    ---Co-directed fire fighting efforts during the Great Fire of London of September 1666, which coincidentally ended the Great Plague of London of 1665-66

    ---Founded the Royal Society

    ---Awarded royal charters to North American lands known as "the Carolinas"

    ---Granted charters to the British East India Company and the Hudson Bay Company

    ---Sired at least 12 illegitimate children with various mistresses, including ancestors of both Princess Diana and Camilla Parker Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall

    ---his reign, which was infamous for its political intrigue, coined the word "cabal," named after the conspiring ministers

  4. Charles II of England, a patron of the arts and sciences, helped found the Royal Society, a scientific group whose early members included Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Sir Isaac Newton, and the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Charles was the personal patron of Sir Christopher Wren, the architect who helped rebuild London after the Great Fire in 1666. Wren also constructed the Royal Hospital Chelsea, which Charles founded as a home for retired soldiers in 1682. Theatre licenses granted by Charles were the first in England to permit women to play female roles on stage (they were previously played by boys.

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