Restoration (England) happened." Charles returned from exile, leaving the Hague on 23 May and landing at Dover on 25 May. He entered London on 29 May 1660, his 30th 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. Some contemporaries described the Restoration as "a divinely ordained miracle". The sudden and unexpected deliverance from usurpation and tyranny was interpreted as a restoration of the natural and divine order. The Cavalier Parliament convened for the first time on 8 May
City of London (elections to the Parliament of England) between some of the Parliaments in this period, each members career is sub-divided by Parliament in the tables, even if he served in successive Parliaments." "The elected date is for the City constituency. When an exact general election date is unavailable, the year or years between the dates of the Parliament being summoned and assembling, are used." Notes:- Note:- Notes:- The Long Parliament or the selection of members from it known as the Rump Parliament functioned "de facto" during part of the Commonwealth of England period. It existed (in a sense) "de jure" 1640-1660, as under a pre-English Civil War