1679 in England

1679 in England

Events from the year 1679 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 24 January - King Charles II dismisses the Cavalier 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 the Privy Council Ministry.
* 26 May - Parliament passes the Habeas 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 and Tory for those who oppose it.

Births

* 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

* 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 of Isaac 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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