1691 in England

Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

• Co-monarchs - William III of England and Mary II of England

Events

• April - John Tillotson enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
• 9 April - a fire at the Palace of Whitehall in London destroys its Stone Gallery.
• June - First performance of the semi-opera King Arthur with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell.^[1]
• 18 September - War of the Grand Alliance: English and Dutch forces defeated by the French at the Battle of Leuze.
• 3 October - The Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War in Ireland.

Births

• 27 February - Edward Cave, editor and publisher (died 1754)
• 29 September - Richard Challoner, Catholic prelate (died 1781)
• 1 October - Arthur Onslow, politician (died 1768)

Deaths

• 13 January - George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends (born 1624)
• 17 January - Richard Lower, physician (born 1631)
• 11 May - John Birch, soldier (born 1615)
• 9 October - William Sacheverell, statesman (born 1638)
• 8 December - Richard Baxter, clergyman (born 1615)
• probable - Elizabeth Polwheele, playwright (born c. 1651)

References

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