1628 in England

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Events from the year 1628 that occurred in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

• 1 March - writs were issued in February 1628 by Charles I of England that every county in England (not just seaport towns) pay ship tax by this date.

• Charles I reconvenes the Parliament of England and accepts the Petition of Right as a concession to gain his subsidies.
• John Felton assassinates George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
• William Harvey publishes his findings about blood circulation in Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus. ^[1]

[edit] Births

• 10 January - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, statesman (d. 1687)
• 29 August - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, royalist statesman (d. 1701)
• 28 November - John Bunyan, writer (d. 1688)

[edit] Deaths

• 12 March - John Bull, composer (born c1562)
• 29 March - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)
• 13 July - Robert Shirley, adventurer (born c1581)
• 23 August - George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, statesman (b. 1592)
• 30 September - Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, writer (b. 1554)

[edit] References