1674 in England

1674 in England

Events from the year 1674 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 19 February - England and the Netherlands sign the Treaty of Westminster ending the Third Anglo-Dutch War. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam to England, which renames it New York.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 26 March - Theatre Royal, Drury Lane re-opens, having been rebuilt after the Great Fire of London.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 191-192|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 10 November - As provided in the Treaty of Westminster of 19 February, Netherlands cedes New Netherlands to England.

Undated

* Two skeletons of children discovered in the White Tower believed at the time to be the remains of the Princes in the Tower. The skeletons were subsequently buried in Westminster Abbey. [cite web|url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page49.asp|title=>History of the Monarchy > The Yorkists > Edward V|accessdate=2007-10-28]

Births

* 24 January - Thomas Tanner, bishop and antiquarian (d. 1735)
* March - Jethro Tull, agriculturist (d. 1741)
* 18 April - Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend, statesman (d. 1738)
* 20 June - Nicholas Rowe, dramatist (d. 1718)
* 17 July - Isaac Watts, hymnist (d. 1748)
* 18 October - Beau Nash, dandy (d. 1762)
* Unknown date - Henry Sacheverell, churchman and politician (d. 1724)
* Approximate date of birth of Jeremiah Clarke, composer (d. 1707) and John Potter, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1747)

Deaths

* 23 March - Henry Cromwell, soldier, politician and lord lieutenant of Ireland (born 1628)
* October - Robert Herrick, poet (born 1591)
* 10 October - Thomas Traherne, poet (born c.1637)
* 8 November - John Milton, poet (born 1608)
* 9 December - Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, statesman and historian (born 1609)

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