1698 in England

1698 in England

Events from the year 1698 which occurred in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - William III of England

Events

* January - Czar Peter I of Russia visits England where he stays for four months studying the theory of shipbuilding. [cite web|url=http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/28.htm|title="January 28th", Chambers' Book of Days|accessdate=2007-12-28]
* 4 January - The Palace of Whitehall is destroyed by fire. [cite book |title=The London Encyclopaedia|author=Ben Weinreb & Christopher Hibbert|publisher= Macmillan|year= 1995|isbn =0-333-57688-8|pages=287]
* July to August - General election results in victory for the New Country Tories.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 200-201|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 2 July - Thomas Savery patents a steam engine capable of pumping water from mines. ["1698." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Thomson Gale, 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 26 May, 2007 ]
* 11 October - Treaty of Den Haag signed between France, England and Holland.cite book|title=The Pocket Date Book|publisher=Chapman and Hall|author=William L. R. Cates|year=1863]

Undated

* Reverend Thomas Bray founds the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

Births

* 8 May - Henry Baker, naturalist (died 1774)
* 26 September - William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)
* 24 December - William Warburton, critic and Bishop of Gloucester (died 1779)

Deaths

* 24 January - William Holder, music theorist (born 1616)
* 29 April - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (born 1655)

Unknown dates

* Nicholas Barbon, economist (born c.1640)

References

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