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Restoration (English history a term applied)

THE, in English history a term applied to the accession of King Charles II., in 1660, after the civil war, to the throne of England, after an interregnum of 11 years and 4 months, from Jan. 30, 1649 (when Charles I. was beheaded), to May 29, 1660. In French history, the first restoration begins May 3, 1814, when Louis XVIII. made his entry into Paris under the protection of foreign bayonets, and ended with the return of Napoleon from Elba, March 20, 1815. The beginning of the from the battle of Waterloo, June 18, second restoration is generally reckoned restoration is generally enerally reckoned Waterloo, June 18, 1815, and terminated on July 29, 1830, with the abdication of Charles X.