1669 in England

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Events from the year 1669 in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles II

Events

• 31 May - Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last entry in his diary, one of the most important primary sources for the English Restoration period.
• 29 October - Isaac Newton appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University.^[1]
• 26 November - Navigator John Narborough sets sail from Deptford to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas.^[2]

Undated

• Robert Boyle discovers the chemical element now known as phosphorus.^[2]
• Christopher Wren appointed Surveyor of the King's Works.
• Count Cosimo, grand duke of Tuscany, visits the Tower of London and gives the Yeomen Warders the nickname "Beefeaters".^[2]

Publications

• The cookbook The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened.

Births

• probable - Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, statesman (died 1738)

Deaths

• 10 March - John Denham, poet (born 1615)
• 10 September - Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I (born 1609)
• 24 October - William Prynne, Puritan leader (born 1600)
• 16 December - Nathaniel Fiennes, politician (born c. 1608)

References

See also