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1680 CE
1685 CE - 1688 CE: Reign of James II of England.
1685 CE: The Monmouth Rebellion, where James Scott, Duke of Monmouth and illegitimate son of Charles II of England, leads a failed coup to take the throne of James II of England.
1685 CE: A ramshackle army led by the Duke of Monmouth is defeated by a Royalist force at Sedgemoor in Somerset.
1685 CE: The Duke of Monmouth, pretender to the throne, is executed in London.
1685 CE: The 'Bloody Assizes’ where hundreds of rebels involved in the Monmouth Rebellion are executed or deported to the Caribbean for a life of hard labour.