1690 in England
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Events from the year 1690 which occurred in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Events
- 7 January - The first recorded full peal was rung, at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, marking a new era in change ringing.
- 20 May - the Act of Grace passed, forgiving followers of James II.
- 12 July (1 July O. S.) - William III defeats James at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.
[edit] Unknown dates
- Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogues it as the star 34 Tauri.
[edit] Births
- 3 February - Richard Rawlinson, minister and antiquarian (died 1755)
- 22 April - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman (died 1763)
- 29 October - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (died 1754)
- 1 December - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor (died 1764)
[edit] Deaths
- 7 February - William Morice, royalist statesman (born c.1628)
- 21 May - John Eliot, Puritan missionary (born 1604)
