On 1 June 1660 Samuel Pepys wrote in his famous Diary: “At night Mr. Cooke comes from London with letters, leaving all things there very gallant and joyful. And brought us word that parliament had ordered the 29th of May, the King’s birthday, to be for ever kept as a day of thanksgiving for our redemption from tyranny, and the King’s return to his Government, he entering London that day.”