- 1690 in England
Events from the year
1690 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
*Co-monarchs -
William III of England andMary II of England .Events
*
7 January - The first recorded full peal was rung, atSt Sepulchre-without-Newgate in theCity of London , marking a new era inchange ringing .
*20 May - the Act of Grace passed, forgiving followers of James II.
*30 June -War of the Grand Alliance : French naval victory over the English and Dutch offBeachy Head .cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 197-198|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
*12 July (1 July O. S.) - William III defeats James at theBattle of the Boyne inIreland .cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=285]
*25 July - War of the Grand Alliance: French raiders burnTeignmouth inDevon .
*24 August - InIndia ,Sutanuti — which later becomesCalcutta — is founded byJob Charnock of theEnglish East India Company .Unknown dates
* Earliest recorded sighting of the planet
Uranus , byJohn Flamsteed , who mistakenly catalogues it as thestar 34 Tauri.Publications
* "
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding " byJohn Locke .
* "Political Arithmetic" byWilliam Petty .Births
*
3 February -Richard Rawlinson , minister and antiquarian (died 1755)
*12 March -George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (died 1742)
*22 April -John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville , statesman (died 1763)
* Baptised22 April -Robert Raikes the Elder , printer (died 1757)
*29 October -Martin Folkes , English antiquarian (died 1754)
*1 December -Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke ,Lord Chancellor (died 1764)
*2 December - Robert Shafto, Member of Parliament (died 1729)
* "date unknown"
**Charles Bridgeman , garden designer (died 1738)
**Hester Santlow , dancer and actress (died 1773)
**George Shelvocke , privateer (died 1728)Deaths
*
7 February -Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet , royalist statesman (born c.1628)
* March -Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet , Member of Parliament (born c. 1625)
*21 May - John Eliot, Puritan missionary (born 1604)
*12 July - George Walker, soldier killed in action at the Battle of the Boyne (born (1645)
*9 October -Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton , illegitimate son of King Charles II (born 1663)
*15 October -Thomas Rogers and Anne Rogers , counterfeiters (both executed)
* December - Richard Willis, spy (born 1614)
*15 December -Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet , Member of Parliament (born c. 1633)
* "date unknown"
**Sir John Child, 1st Baronet , governor of Bombay (year of birth unknown)References
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