Restoration (1660) May it proclaimed that King Charles II had been the lawful monarch since the execution of Charles I on 30 January 1649. it was as if the last nineteen years had never happened". Charles returned from exile, leaving The Hague on 23 May and landing at Dover on 25 May. He entered London on 29 May, his birthday. To celebrate "his Majesty's Return to his Parliament", 29 May was made a public holiday, popularly known as Oak Apple Day. He was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 23 April 1661. "The commonwealth parliamentary union was, after 1660, treated as null and
Restoration of the Russian monarchy Restoration of the Russian monarchy A restoration of the Russian monarchy is a hypothetical event in which the Russian monarchy, which has been non-existent since the abdication of the reigning Nicholas II in 1917 and the massacre of him and the rest of his closest family in 1918, is reinstated in today's Russian Federation. The only party as of today which advocates such a restoration is the Monarchist Party. Most proposals for the restoration of the monarchy envision the return to be to a constitutional role. A study conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion showed that almost one