1620s in England
Events from the 1620s in England.
Incumbents
Monarch — James I (until 27 March 1625), Charles I
Events
- 1620
- 1621
- 16 January - The Parliament of England sits for the first time since 1614.
- 3 May - Francis Bacon imprisoned in the Tower of London on charges of corruption; he is pardoned by King James I later in the year.[3]
- 4 July - 70-year-old James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough, marries 17-year-old Jane Boteler, niece of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham as his second wife.[6]
- 24 July - While hunting at Bramshill, George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, accidentally kills a keeper with his crossbow.[6] A royal commission of inquiry narrowly finds in his favour.
- 22 November - Poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London.
- 18 December - The House of Commons protests against the King's right to imprison Members of Parliament who criticise his foreign policy.[3]
- 27 December - Sir Edward Coke imprisoned for his part in the Protestation.[3]
- 30 December - King James tears the page bearing the Protestation from the House of Commons Journal.[3]
- Spring–October (approx.) - Corante: or, Newes from Italy, Germany, Hungarie, Spaine and France, one of the first English language newspapers (translated from the Dutch), circulates in London.
- Francis Mitchell becomes the last British knight of the realm to be publicly degraded (stripped of his knighthood) after being found guilty of extorting money from licensees of his monopoly on the licensing of inns.
- Dutch engineer Cornelius Vermuyden appointed by the King to drain parkland around Windsor Castle and begins reclamation of Canvey Island.[3]
- The University of Oxford Botanic Garden, the oldest botanical garden in the British Isles, is founded as a physic garden by Henry Danvers, 1st Earl of Danby.[7]
- Robert Burton publishes his treatise The Anatomy of Melancholy.
- 1622
- 6 January (probably) - The Banqueting House, Whitehall, is opened with a performance of Ben Jonson's The Masque of Augurs designed by the building's architect, Inigo Jones.[8]
- 7 January - John Pym arrested for criticizing the King in Parliament.[3]
- 8 February - King James I disbands Parliament.[3]
- 22 February - A patent is granted for Dud Dudley's process for smelting iron ore with coke.
- 22 March - In the Jamestown massacre, Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia (33% of the colony's population) and destroy the Henricus settlement.
- 23 May - Nathaniel Butter begins publication in London of Newes from Most Parts of Christendom or Weekly News from Italy, Germany, Hungaria, Bohemia, the Palatinate, France and the Low Countries, one of the first regular English language newspapers.[3]
- 25 May - The East India Company ship Tryall sinks when it hits the Tryal Rocks reef off Australia. 94 out of the 143 crew die.
- William Oughtred invents the slide rule.[9]
- William Burton's Description of Leicester Shire published.
- Second part of Michael Drayton's Poly-Olbion published.[3]
- Sir Richard Hawkins' narrative of his adventures Voiage into the South Sea published.
- 1623
- 1624
- 1625
- 27 March - Prince Charles Stuart becomes King Charles I of England upon the death of James I.[3]
- 13 June - Marriage of King Charles I and Henrietta Maria, Princess of France and Navarra.[3]
- 18 June - The "Useless Parliament" refuses to vote Charles I the right to collect customs duties for his entire reign, seeking to restrict him to one year instead.[3]
- August
- 8 September - Treaty of Southampton makes an alliance between England and the Dutch Republic against Spain.[12]
- 8 October - Admiral George Villiers' fleet sails from Plymouth to Cadiz.
- November - Cadiz expedition abandoned.[1]
- 9 December - The Netherlands and England sign the Treaty of Den Haag.[3]
- An English colony is established in Barbados.[3]
- 1626
- 2 February - Coronation of King Charles I in Westminster Abbey.
- 6 February - Parliament meets, and refuses to grant funds to King Charles without redress of various grievances.[1]
- 15 June - King Charles dissolves Parliament after it refuses to grant him Tonnage and Poundage rights; imposes forced loans.[1]
- 26 June - King Charles expels Queen Henrietta Maria's French attendants from court.[1]
- Start of Western Rising of 1626–32: Anti-enclosure riots in the royal forests of South West England.[13]
- Cornelius Vermuyden appointed by the King to drain Hatfield Chase.
- 1627
- 1628
- 1629
Births
- 1620
- 1621
- 1623
- 1624
- 1625
- 1626
- 1627
- 1628
- 1629
Deaths
- 1620
- 1621
- 2 July - Thomas Harriot, astronomer and mathematician (born c. 1560)
- 25 September - Mary Sidney, writer, patroness and translator (born 1561)
- 26 November - Ralph Agas, surveyor (born c. 1540)
- 1622
- 1623
- 1624
- 1625
- 27 March - King James I of England (born 1566)
- 5 June - Orlando Gibbons, composer and organist (born 1583)
- August - John Fletcher, writer (born 1579)
- John Florio, linguist and lexicographer (born 1553)
- 1626
- 24 January - Samuel Argall, adventurer and naval officer (born 1580)
- 20 February - John Dowland, composer and lutenist (born 1563)
- 9 April - Francis Bacon, scientist and statesman (born 1561)
- 4 May - Arthur Lake, Bishop of Bath and Wells, bishop and Bible translator (born 1569)
- 13 July - Robert Sidney, 1st Earl of Leicester, statesman (born 1563)
- 25 September - Lancelot Andrewes, scholar (born 1555)
- 25 November - Edward Alleyn, actor (born 1566)
- 30 November - Thomas Weelkes, English composer (born 1576)
- 8 December - John Davies, poet (born 1569)
- 10 December - Edmund Gunter, mathematician (born 1581)
- 1627
- 1628
- 1629
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 174–175. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Worden, Nigel; Van Heyningen, Elizabeth; Bickford-Smith, Vivian. Cape Town – the Making of a City: an Illustrated Social History. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 248–253. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Davis, R. H. (1955). Deep Diving and Submarine Operations (6th ed.). Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey: Siebe Gorman & Co. Ltd. p. 693.
- ↑ Acott, C. (1999). "A brief history of diving and decompression illness". South Pacific Underwater Medicine Society Journal 29 (2). ISSN 0813-1988. OCLC 16986801. Archived from the original on 1 February 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 BBC History, July 2011, p12
- ↑ "A History of The Gardens". The University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Retrieved 2011-03-15.
- ↑ "Banqueting House". London Guide. Rough Guides. Retrieved 2012-08-27.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The Hutchinson Factfinder. Helicon. 1999. ISBN 1-85986-000-1.
- ↑ "The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire". Retrieved 2012-11-07.
- ↑ Matar, Nabil (1998), Islam in Britain, 1558-1685, Cambridge University Press, p. 7, ISBN 0521622336, retrieved 2013-02-06
- ↑ Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1625". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
- ↑ Sharp, Buchanan (1980). In Contempt of All Authority: Rural Artisans and Riot in the West of England, 1586-1660. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0520036816.
- ↑ Konstam, Angus (2008). Piracy: the complete history. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1-84603-240-0. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
- ↑ Higginson, Thomas (1891). Life of Francis Higginson, First Minister in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Makers of America. New York: Dodd, Mead, & Co. p. 69. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
See also
1620s in England: