1671 in England
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 1671 in England: |
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Events from the year 1671 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II of England
[edit] Events
- 9 May - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.[1]He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
[edit] Publications
- John Milton's epic poem Paradise Regained.[2]
[edit] Births
- 26 February - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (d. 1713)
- 11 June - Colley Cibber, English poet (d. 1757)
[edit] Deaths
- 31 March - Anne Hyde, wife of the future James II of England (born 1637)
- 5 May - Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, politician (born 1602)
- 14 July - Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599)
- 26 October - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1593)
- 12 November - Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Civil War general (born 1612)
[edit] References
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 191-192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
