1650 in England

1650 in England

Events from the year 1650 in England.

Incumbents

* Commonwealth of England

Events

* 1 May - The future King Charles II of England signs the Treaty of Breda with the Scottish Covenanters.
* 23 June - Charles arrives in Scotland where he signs the Covenant.cite web|url=http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/timelines/1650.htm|title=1650, British Civil Wars|accessdate=2007-09-19]
* 3 September - Oliver Cromwell is victorious over the Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Dunbar.
* 30 October - The Religious Society of Friends acquires the nickname "Quakers" when the judge at George Fox's blasphemy trial says that they "tremble at the word of the Lord".cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Undated

* With the Treaty of Hartford, the Dutch and English establish the frontiers between their colonies in North America.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=263–264]

Births

* 2 February - Nell Gwynne, actress and royal mistress (died 1687)
* 24 March - Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet, bishop (died 1721)
* 18 April - Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1689)
* 20 April - William Bedloe, informer (died 1680)
* 26 May - John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, general (died 1722)
* 14 September - Theophilus Oglethorpe, soldier and Member of Parliament (died 1702)
* 23 September - Jeremy Collier, theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (died 1726)
* 20 October - Robert Shirley, 1st Earl Ferrers, courtier (died 1717)
* 7 November - John Robinson, diplomat (died 1723)
* November - Cloudesley Shovell, admiral (died 1707)
* 14 November - King William III of England, Scotland, and Ireland (died 1702)
* Solomon de Medina, army contractor (died 1720)
* George Rooke, admiral (died 1709)
* Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough, statesman (died 1721)
* William Talman, architecht (died 1719)

Deaths

* February - Sir Thomas Bowyer, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1586)
* 9 March - Elizabeth Savage, Countess Rivers, courtier (born 1581)
* 18 April - Simonds d'Ewes, antiquarian and politician (born 1602)
* 9 July (burial) - Alice Barnham, wife of Francis Bacon (born 1592)
* 25 August - Richard Crashaw, poet (born c. 1613)
* 8 September - Princess Elizabeth of England, daughter of Charles I (born 1635)
* 13 November - Thomas May, poet and historian (born 1595)
* Isaac Ewer, soldier and regicide (year of birth unknown)
* Phineas Fletcher, poet (born 1582)

References

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