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Charles II (May 29, 1630, London – February 6, 1685, ibid.) – King of England and Scotland from 1660, the eldest son of Charles I and Henrietta of France. He returned to England after the restoration organized by General Monck and ascended the throne on the day he turned thirty (May 29, 1660). The most important political event of his reign was the adoption of the Habeas Corpus Act (1679)... Historian Natalia Basovskaya tells us.