- 1694 in England
Events from the year
1694 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
*Monarch -
William III of England , jointly withMary II of England until28 December , then as sole monarch.Events
* May - The
First Whig Junto is appointed to government.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
*25 July - TheBank of England is established by William Paterson.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]John Houblon becomes the firstGovernor of the Bank of England .
*5 September -Great Fire of Warwick .
*3 December - Parliament passes theTriennial Act requiringgeneral election s every three years.
*28 December - with the death of Queen Mary II, William III becomes sole monarch.Births
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25 April -Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington , architect (died 1753)
*22 September -Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield , statesman and man of letters (died 1773)
*25 September -Henry Pelham , Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1754)Deaths
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2 January -Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington , politician (born 1651)
*7 January -Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (born c.1618)
*17 June -Philip Cardinal Howard , Roman Catholic Cardinal (born 1629)
*22 November -John Tillotson ,Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1630)
*28 December - Queen Mary II (born 1662)References
ee also
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