1686 in England
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Events from the year 1686 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - James II of England
[edit] Events
- 10 July - Court of Ecclesiastical Commission created.[1]
- 17 July - King James appoints four Catholics to the Privy Council of England.[1]
[edit] Undated
- A group of conspirators met at Charborough House in Dorset to plan the overthrow of King James II of England by Parliamentarians and the Dutch Stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau.
[edit] Births
- April 9 - James Craggs the Younger, English politician (died 1721)[2]
- April 29 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (died 1742)
- June 5 - Edward Howard, 9th Duke of Norfolk, English aristocrat (died 1777). Possibly born in 1685.
- August 12 - John Balguy, English philosopher (died 1748)
- August 19 - Eustace Budgell, English writer (died 1737)
- November 30 - Richard Lumley, 2nd Earl of Scarbrough, English Whig politician (died 1740)
[edit] Unknown dates
- George Clinton, English politician (died 1761)
- Thomas Carte, English historian (died 1754)
- Giles Jacob, English legal writer and literary critic (died 1744)
- William Law, English divine (died 1761)
- Christopher Packe, English medical doctor and geologist (died 1749)
[edit] Deaths
- January 14 - Sir Thomas Abdy, 1st Baronet, English lawyer and landowner (born 1612)
- January 19 - Simon Digby, 4th Baron Digby, English politician (born 1657)
- February 10 - Sir William Dugdale, English antiquary (born 1605)
- April 15 - Sir Joseph Ashe, 1st Baronet, English Whig politician and merchant (born 1618)
- June 23 - Sir William Coventry, English statesman (born c. 1628)
- July 10 - John Fell, English churchman (born 1625)
- July 16 - John Pearson, English theologian and scholar (born 1612)
- October 26 - John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English nobleman (born 1623)
[edit] Unknown dates
- John Dolben, English churchman (born 1625)
- John (Jack) Ketch, executioner employed by King Charles II (birth unknown)
- John Playford, English bookseller and publisher (born 1623)
- Sir Edward Turnour, Speaker of the House of Commons (born 1617)
- Thomas Watson, English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author (born c. 1620)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 196-197. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Information on James Craggs the Younger and Elder
