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Events on Friday 28 March 1681 1
1681Charles II dissolves the Oxford ParliamentEngland enters a period of royal rule without ParliamentOn 28 March 1681, King Charles II abruptly dissolved the Oxford Parliament after it attempted to exclude his Catholic brother James from the succession. No new Parliament was summoned for the remainder of Charles II's reign, which ended in 1685. The episode marked the effective end of the Exclusion Crisis and a resurgence of royal authority.