Early Modern English

====Interregnum and Restoration====
The [[English Civil War]] and the [[Interregnum (England)|Interregnum]] were times of social and political upheaval and instability.
The dates for [[Restoration literature]] are a matter of convention and differ markedly from genre to genre. In drama, the "Restoration" may last until 1700, but in poetry, it may last only until 1666, the ''[[annus mirabilis#1666 — The year of wonders|annus mirabilis]]'' (year of wonders), and in prose lasts until 1688. With the increasing tensions over succession and the corresponding rise in journalism and periodicals, or until possibly 1700, when those periodicals grew more stabilised.
*1651 – Publication of ''[[Leviathan (Hobbes book)|Leviathan]]'' by [[Thomas Hobbes]].
*1660–1669 – [[Samuel Pepys]] wrote his diary, which will become an important eyewitness account of the Restoration Era.
*1662 – New edition of the ''Book of Common Prayer'', largely based on the 1549 and subsequent editions. It long remained a standard work in English.
*1667 – Publication of ''[[Paradise Lost]]'' by [[John Milton]] and of ''[[Annus Mirabilis (poem)|Annus Mirabilis]]'' by [[John Dryden]]