1665 in England

1665 in England

Events from the year 1665 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 4 March - Beginning of the Second Anglo-Dutch War.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=271–272]
* 6 March - "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" begins publication.
* 12 April - the first recorded victim of the Great Plague of London dies.
* 13 June - Second Anglo-Dutch War: English naval victory at the Battle of Lowestoft.
* 2 August - Second Anglo-Dutch War: Dutch naval victory at the Battle of Vågen.
* 9 October - the Cavalier Parliament assembles in Oxford to avoid the Plague in London.
* 31 October - Parliament passes the Five Mile Act against Non-conformist ministers.
* 7 November - The London Gazette, the oldest surviving journal, is first published.

Births

* 6 February - Queen Anne of Great Britain (died 1714)
* March - Sir William Strickland, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1724)
* 1 May - John Woodward, naturalist (died 1728)
* 27 August - John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol, politician (died 1751)
* September - Sir Thomas Frankland, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1726)
* 5 November - Sir William Brownlow, 4th Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1701)
* 28 December - George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, general (died 1716)
* William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, Lord Chancellor (died 1723)
* Charles Gildon, writer (died 1724)
* Benjamin Johnson, actor (died 1742)

Deaths

* 1 March - Thomas Wentworth, 5th Baron Wentworth, soldier and politician (born 1612)
* 3 June - Charles Weston, 3rd Earl of Portland, (born 1639)
* July - Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield, (born c. 1640)
* 11 July - Kenelm Digby, privateer (born 1603)
* 25 August - Charles Seymour, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, (born c.1621)
* 17 November - John Earle, bishop (born c.1601)
* Walter Acton, Member of Parliament (born c.1620)

References

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