The Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England, was founded by King Charles II.
Construction began on August 10, 1675, and the project was completed in the summer of 1676.
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King Charles II shut down England's first Parliament, the Cavalier Parliament.
Charles the Bald, King of the Franks, was crowned as Holy Roman Emperor.
Under the rule of King Charles II of England, the Habeas Corpus Parliament was dissolved.
King Charles II appoints John Flamsteed to 'The Kings Astronomical Observator' – the first English Astronomer Royal, with an allowance of £100 a year.
King Charles II of England gave a land grant to James Duke of York, which meant that New Jersey became a British colony.
