Warbler said:

RicOlie_2 said:

February 5:

A.D. 1649: Charles II inherits the throne of England.

curious, wikipedia has the date as February 6, 1649 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_of_England

Interesting. According to that, then, both he and his brother inherited the throne on the same day of the year.

The date(either February 5 or February 6) marks the date when the Parliament of Scotland proclaimed him kind. It is arguable that he was King since the time his father's head was cut off on January 30, 1649. It is also arguable his was king since the English Parliament voted unanimous to recognize Charles II as King on May 2, 1660. May 8, 1660 is yet another date that could be argued as that was when was proclaimed King in London. Moreover, he arrived in London on May 29, 1660 and that is the day that marks the first assembly of King and Parliament together since the abolition of the English monarchy in 1649 and it is also the day that Wiki marks as the start of his reign(and consequently the date I put in my list of the Monarchs of England http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Random-Thoughts/post/467230/#TopicPost467230 ). Finally, his coronation took place on April 23, 1661.

All those different dates... It's no wonder history is such a mess to sort out with everyone dating things differently and disagreeing on when certain things began (i.e. dating a reign from the date one's predecessor died instead of from the person's coronation or dating the end of a war from the end of fighting instead of from an official armistice).