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Events from the year 1672 in the Kingdom of England.
[edit] Incumbents
[edit] Events
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[edit] Births
- 9 April - Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton, Member of Parliamenr (died 1729)
- 1 May - Joseph Addison, politician and writer (died 1719)
- June - Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, politician (died 1753)
- 17 July (baptism) - Anthony Blackwall, scholar (died 1730)
- 29 July - Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, illegitimate son of Charles II (died 1723)
- John Huxham, surgeon (died 1768
- John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace, colonial governor (died 1709)
- Thomas Steers, civil engineer (died 1750)
- Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1739)
[edit] Deaths
- 15 January - John Cosin, clergyman (born 1594)
- 5 May - Samuel Cooper, painter (born 1609)
- 11 May - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, royalist (born 1615)
- 28 May
- 27 June - Roger Twysden, antiquarian and royalist (born 1597)
- 3 July - Francis Willughby, biologist (born 1635)
- 8 August - Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1619)
- 24 October - John Webb, architect (born 1611)
- 15 November - Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon, Member of Parliamenr (born c. 1603)
- 19 November - John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester (born 1614)
- 6 December - Jasper Mayne, dramatist (born 1604)
- 21 December - Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, (born 1628)
- Philip Nye, theologian (born c. 1595)
- Peter Sterry, theologian (born 1613)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 191-192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b c Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
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