- 1679 in England
Events from the year
1679 in theKingdom of England .Incumbents
*Monarch -
Charles II of England Events
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24 January - King Charles II dismisses theCavalier Parliament over the Exclusion crisis.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=278–279]
*6 March - Charles II's third Parliament assembles and is led by thePrivy Council Ministry .
*26 May - Parliament passes theHabeas Corpus Act 1679 .
*7 October - Charles II's fourth Parliament assembles. The term Whig comes to be used for those in favour of the Exclusion Bill andTory for those who oppose it.Births
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18 March -Matthew Decker , merchant and writer (died 1749)
*21 March -Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore , politician (died 1715)
*23 June -Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet , politician (died 1711)
*29 September -Thomas Chubb , Deist (died 1747)Deaths
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3 January -George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , soldier and politician (born 1608)
*24 January -William Ireland , martyr (born 1636)
*3 May -James Sharp , archbishop (assassinated) (born 1613)
*11 July -William Chamberlayne , poet (born 1619)
*17 July -James Duport , scholar (born 1606)
*19 July -John Plessington , martyr (born c.1637)
*6 August -John Snell , royalist (born 1629)
*22 August - John Kemble, martyr (born 1599)
* September -John Mayow , chemist and physiologist (born 1643)
*2 September -Thomas Modyford , colonial governor (born c.1620)
*29 September -John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland , Earl (born 1604)
*12 October -William Gurnall , writer (born 1617)
*26 October -Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , soldier, statesman and dramatist (born 1621)
*4 December -Thomas Hobbes , philosopher (born 1588)
*Hannah Ayscough , mother ofIsaac Newton (born 1623)
*Praise-God Barebone , Fifth Monarchist (born c.1598)
* Thomas Blount, lexicographer (born 1618)
*Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway , philosopher (born 1631)
*William Goffe , parliamentarian (born c. 1605)
*John Hayls , painter (born 1600)
*John Wall , martyr (born 1620)References
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