1699 in England
Events from the year 1699 which occurred in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
Events
- January 19 - Parliament limits the size of the home army to 7,000 'native born' men.[1]
- June 11 - England, France and the Netherlands agree on second Extermination treaty of Spain.
Undated
Births
Unknown dates
- Phanuel Bacon, English playwright, poet and author (died 1783)
- Matthew Brettingham, English architect (died 1769)
- Sir Merrik Burrell, 1st Baronet, English politician (died 1787)
- John Dyer, Welsh poet (died 1757). Possibly born in 1700.
- Colonel Joshua Fry, English surveyor, adventurer, mapmaker, member of the House of Burgesses, and soldier (died 1754)[5]
- Frank Nicholls, English physician (died 1778)
Deaths
Unknown dates
References
- ^ Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Lhuyd, E. (1699). Lithophylacii Britannici Ichnographia, sive lapidium aliorumque fossilium Britannicorum singulari figura insignium. London: Gleditsch and Weidmann.
- ^ Delair, J.B.; Sarjeant, W.A.S. (2002). "The earliest discoveries of dinosaurs: the records re-examined". Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 113: 185–197.
- ^ Gunther, R.T. (1945). Early Science in Oxford: Life and Letters of Edward Lhuyd, volume 14. Oxford.
- ^ Information on Joshua Fry's birth and death
See also