1686 in England

Events from the year 1686 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - James II of England

Events

* 10 July - Court of Ecclesiastical Commission created.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 196-197|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 17 July - King James appoints four Catholics to the Privy Council of England.

Undated

* A group of conspirators met at Charborough House in Dorset to plan the overthrow of King James II of England by Parliamentarians and the Dutch Stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau.

Births

* April 9 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (died 1721) [ [http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1738616&lastnode_id=0 Information on James Craggs the Younger and Elder] ]
* April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (died 1742)
* June 5 - Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, English aristocrat (died 1777). Possibly born in 1685.
* August 12 - John Balguy, English philosopher (died 1748)
* August 19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (died 1737)
* November 30 - Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, English Whig politician (died 1740)

Unknown dates

* George Clinton, English politician (died 1761)
* Thomas Carte, English historian (died 1754)
* Giles Jacob, English legal writer and literary critic (died 1744)
* William Law, English divine (died 1761)
* Christopher Packe, English medical doctor and geologist (died 1749)

Deaths

* January 14 - Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and landowner (born 1612)
* January 19 - Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby, English politician (born 1657)
* February 10 - Sir William Dugdale, English antiquary (born 1605)
* April 15 - Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, English Whig politician and merchant (born 1618)
* June 23 - Sir William Coventry, English statesman (born c. 1628)
* July 10 - John Fell, English churchman (born 1625)
* July 16 - John Pearson, English theologian and scholar (born 1612)
* October 26 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English nobleman (born 1623)

Unknown dates

* John Dolben, English churchman (born 1625)
* John (Jack) Ketch, executioner employed by King Charles II (birth unknown)
* John Playford, English bookseller and publisher (born 1623)
* Sir Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1617)
* Thomas Watson, English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author (born c. 1620)

References

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