1679 in England
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| 1677 1677 in England Events from the year 1677 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 16 February - Politicians the Earl of Shaftesbury, Duke of Buckingham, Lord Wharton and the Earl of Salisbury are arrested and sent to the Tower of London.... | 1678 1678 in England Events from the year 1678 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 31 May - The Godiva Procession, a commemoration held in honour of Lady Godiva's legendary naked ride on horseback through the streets of Coventry in protest against her husband's treatment of the citizens, begins.* 6 September - Titus... | 1679 | 1680 1680 in England Events from the year 1680 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 4 November - A second Exclusion Bill is proposed to exclude the Catholic James, Duke of York from inheriting the throne.* 15 November - The Exclusion Bill is defeated in the House of Lords.... | 1681 1681 in England Events from the year 1681 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 18 January - 'Exclusion Bill Parliament' dissolved.* 14 March - William Penn receives a royal charter to establish a sectarian colony in the Americas.... |
Events from the year 1679 in the Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...
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Events
- 24 January - King Charles IICharles II of EnglandCharles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
dismisses the Cavalier ParliamentCavalier ParliamentThe Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England...
over the Exclusion crisisExclusion BillThe Exclusion Crisis ran from 1678 through 1681 in the reign of Charles II of England. The Exclusion Bill sought to exclude the king's brother and heir presumptive, James, Duke of York, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland because he was Roman Catholic...
. - 6 March - Charles II's third Parliament assembles and is led by the Privy Council MinistryPrivy Council MinistryThe Privy Council Ministry was a short-lived reorganization of English government that was reformed to place the Ministry under the control of the Privy Council in April 1679, due to events in that time.-Formation:...
. - 26 May - ParliamentParliament of EnglandThe Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England. In 1066, William of Normandy introduced a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of tenants-in-chief and ecclesiastics before making laws...
passes the Habeas Corpus ActHabeas Corpus Act 1679The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Charles II by what became known as the Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative writ of habeas corpus, whereby persons unlawfully detained cannot be ordered to be...
"for the better securing the liberty of the subject". - 7 October - Charles II's fourth Parliament assembles. The term WhigBritish Whig PartyThe Whigs were a party in the Parliament of England, Parliament of Great Britain, and Parliament of the United Kingdom, who contested power with the rival Tories from the 1680s to the 1850s. The Whigs' origin lay in constitutional monarchism and opposition to absolute rule...
comes to be used for those in favour of the Exclusion Bill and ToryToryToryism is a traditionalist and conservative political philosophy which grew out of the Cavalier faction in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. It is a prominent ideology in the politics of the United Kingdom, but also features in parts of The Commonwealth, particularly in Canada...
for those who oppose it. - undated - BristolBristolBristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
Baptist College, the world's first Baptist College, is founded by local merchant Edward Terrill.
Births
- 18 March - Matthew DeckerMatthew DeckerSir Matthew Decker, 1st Baronet was an English merchant and writer on trade.He was born in Amsterdam, came to London in 1702 and established himself there as a merchant. He was remarkably successful in his business life, gaining great wealth and having many honors conferred upon him...
, merchant and writer (died 17491749 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1749 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:* February - Admiralty revises the command structure of the Royal Navy and issues new Fighting Instructions....
) - 21 March - Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron BaltimoreBenedict Calvert, 4th Baron BaltimoreBenedict Leonard Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, 10th Proprietary Governor of Maryland was an English nobleman and politician. He was the second son of Charles Calvert, 3rd Baron Baltimore by Jane Lowe. He became his father's heir upon the death of his elder brother, Cecil in 1681...
, politician (died 17151715 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1715 in Great Britain.-Events:* February to March - General election results in victory for the Whigs.* 27 March - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke flees to France. His part in secret negotiations with France leading to the Treaty of Utrecht has cast suspicion on him in...
) - 23 June - Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th BaronetSir Cholmeley Dering, 4th BaronetSir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet was an English politician and duellist.He was the eldest son of Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet of Surrenden in Pluckley, Kent by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Cholmeley, 2nd Baronet of Whitby, Yorkshire...
, politician (died 17111711 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1711 in Great Britain.-Events:* 24 February - The London premiere of Rinaldo by George Frideric Handel, the first Italian opera written for the London stage.* 1 March - First edition of the magazine The Spectator published....
) - 29 September - Thomas ChubbThomas ChubbThomas Chubb was an English lay Deist writer, born near Salisbury.Chubb regarded Christ as a divine teacher, but held reason to be sovereign in matters of religion, questioned religions' morality, yet was on rational grounds a defender of Christianity...
, Deist (died 17471747 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1747 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:* 31 January - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Lock Hospital....
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Deaths
- 3 January - George Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of AlbemarleGeorge Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, KG was an English soldier and politician and a key figure in the restoration of Charles II.-Early life and career:...
, soldier and politician (born 1608) - 24 January - William Ireland, martyr (born 1636)
- 3 May - James Sharp, archbishop (assassinated) (born 1613)
- 11 July - William Chamberlayne, poet (born 1619)
- 17 July - James DuportJames DuportJames Duport was an English classical scholar.-Life:His father, John Duport, who was descended from an old Norman family , was master of Jesus College, Cambridge...
, scholar (born 1606) - 19 July - John PlessingtonJohn PlessingtonSt John Plessington , also known as John Plesington, William Scarisbrick and William Pleasington, is one of the Roman Catholic Forty Martyrs of England and Wales....
, martyr (born c.1637) - 6 August - John SnellJohn SnellSir John Snell , founder of the Snell exhibitions at the University of Oxford, was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of a blacksmith....
, royalist (born 1629) - 22 August - John KembleJohn Kemble (martyr)Saint John Kemble was an English Roman Catholic martyr. He was one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.-Early years and ordination:...
, martyr (born 1599) - September - John MayowJohn MayowJohn Mayow FRS was a chemist, physician, and physiologist who is remembered today for conducting early research into respiration and the nature of air...
, chemist and physiologist (born 16431643 in EnglandEvents from the year 1643 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 23 January - English Civil War: Leeds falls to Parliamentary forces.* 13 March - English Civil War: The Roundheads routed the Cavaliers at the First Battle of Middlewich....
) - 2 September - Thomas ModyfordThomas ModyfordColonel Sir Thomas Modyford, 1st Baronet was a planter of Barbados and Governor of Jamaica, 1664-70.Modyford was the son of a mayor of Exeter with family connections to the Duke of Albemarle, who emigrated to Barbados as a young man with other family members in 1647, in the opening stages of the...
, colonial governor (born c.1620) - 29 September - John Manners, 8th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 8th Earl of RutlandJohn Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1640 until 1641 when he inherited the peerage....
, Earl (born 1604) - 12 October - William GurnallWilliam GurnallWilliam Gurnall was an English author and clergyman born at King's Lynn, Norfolk.He was educated at the free grammar school of his native town, and in 1631 was nominated to the Lynn scholarship in Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1635 and MA in 1639...
, writer (born 1617) - 26 October - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle, 1st Earl of OrreryRoger Boyle redirects here. For others of this name, see Roger Boyle Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery was a British soldier, statesman and dramatist. He was the third surviving son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork and Richard's second wife, Catherine Fenton. He was created Baron of Broghill on...
, soldier, statesman and dramatist (born 1621) - 4 December - Thomas HobbesThomas HobbesThomas Hobbes of Malmesbury , in some older texts Thomas Hobbs of Malmsbury, was an English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy...
, philosopher (born 1588) - Hannah AyscoughHannah AyscoughHannah Ayscough was the mother of Sir Isaac Newton.-Early life:Hannah was born in Market Overton in Rutland in 1623. Her parents were James Ayscough and his wife Margery Blythe.-Motherhood:...
, mother of Isaac NewtonIsaac NewtonSir Isaac Newton PRS was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian, who has been "considered by many to be the greatest and most influential scientist who ever lived."...
(born 1623) - Praise-God BarebonePraise-God BarebonePraise-God Barebone was an English leather-seller, preacher and Fifth Monarchist. He is best known for giving his name to the Barebone's Parliament of the English Commonwealth of 1653.-Early life:Barebone's place of birth is unknown...
, Fifth Monarchist (born c.1598) - Thomas BlountThomas Blount (lexicographer)Thomas Blount was an English antiquarian and lexicographer.-Background:He was the son of Myles Blount of Orleton in Herefordshire and was born at Bordesley, Tardebigge, Worcestershire...
, lexicographer (born 1618) - Anne Conway, Viscountess ConwayAnne Conway, Viscountess ConwayAnne Conway, Viscountess Conway was an English philosopher whose work, in the tradition of the Cambridge Platonists, was an influence on Leibniz....
, philosopher (born 1631) - William GoffeWilliam GoffeWilliam Goffe was an English Roundhead politician and soldier, perhaps best known for his role in the execution of King Charles I and later flight to America.-Early life:...
, parliamentarian (born c. 1605) - John HaylsJohn HaylsJohn Hayls, also Hailes , was an English Baroque-era portrait painter, principally known for his portrait of Samuel Pepys.-Life and work:...
, painter (born 1600) - John Wall, martyr (born 1620)