1696 in England
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Events from the year 1696 in the Kingdom of England.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - William III of England
[edit] Events
- 27 January - the ship HMS Royal Sovereign (formerly HMS Sovereign of the Seas 1638) caught fire and burned at Chatham, after 57 years of service.
- March - Habeas Corpus suspended during a Jacobite invasion scare.[1]
- April - Window tax introduced.[1]
- May - Shortage of silver coinage results in the guinea being officially revalued at 21 shillings, instead of 30.[1]
[edit] Undated
- Jacobites make an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate King William III.
- Board of Trade and Plantations established.[2]
[edit] Publications
- John Vanbrugh's play The Relapse, first performed at Drury Lane theatre.[1]
[edit] Births
- 27 June - William Pepperrell, colonial soldier (died 1759)
- 14 July - William Oldys, antiquarian and bibliographer (died 1761)
- 12 August - Maurice Greene, composer (died 1755)
- 13 October - John Hervey, Lord Hervey, statesman and writer (died 1743)
- 22 December - James Oglethorpe, general and founder of the state of Georgia (died 1785)
[edit] Deaths
- 18 March - Robert Charnock, conspirator (born c.1663)
- 30 April - Robert Plot, naturalist (born 1640)
- 30 May - Henry Capell, 1st Baron Capell, First Lord of the Admiralty (born 1638)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd, 200-201. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 287. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
