1675 in England
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Events from the year 1675 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II of England
[edit] Events
- 13 April - Parliament refuses to vote funds for King Charles; suspended after sitting for just nine weeks.[1]
- 21 June - reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral in London begins to replace that destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.[2]
- 10 August - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London.[2]
[edit] Undated
- The Green Ribbon Club founded; the earliest political club, based in Fleet Street.[1]
- King Charles issues a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee Houses" due to the political activity which occurred in the newly popular establishments.[3]
- John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal.[1]
- The Great Fire of Northampton occurred in the County Town.
[edit] Publications
- William Wycherley's satirical play The Country Wife.[1]
[edit] Births
- 29 May - Humphry Ditton, mathematician (died 1715)
- 2 September - William Somervile, poet (died 1742)
- 11 October - Samuel Clarke, philosopher (died 1729)
- 24 October - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, soldier and politician (died 1749)
- Edmund Curll, bookseller and publisher (died 1757)
[edit] Deaths
- 28 July - Bulstrode Whitelocke, lawyer (born 1605)
- 28 November - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (born c 1608)
- 6 December - John Lightfoot, churchman and scholar (born 1602)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 191-192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b (2006) Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. ISBN 0-141-02715-0.
- ^ The rise and fall of English coffee houses. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
