1676 in England
Events from the year 1676 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
Events
Undated
- Construction begins on Trinity College Library in Cambridge, designed by Sir Christopher Wren.[2]
- The Royal Greenwich Observatory in London, designed by Wren, is completed.
- Consecration of the first Greek Orthodox church in England, at Hog Lane, London.[2]
- The first fossilised bone of what is now known to be a dinosaur is discovered by Robert Plot, the femur of a Megalosaurus from a limestone quarry at Cornwell near Chipping Norton.[3]
Births
- 19 January - John Weldon, composer (died 1736)
- baptised 30 January - Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, courtier and landowner (died 1744)
- 14 June - Sir John Rogers, 2nd Baronet, lawyer and politician (died 1744)
- 21 June (Old Style) - Anthony Collins, philosopher (died 1729)
- 26 August - Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 1745)
- 14 November - Benjamin Hoadly, clergy (died 1761)
- 29 November - Sir Henry Bunbury, 3rd Baronet, politician (died 1733)
- 30 December - John Philips, poet (died 1709)
Deaths
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "1676: Science." The People's Chronology. Ed. Jason M. Everett. Gale Group, Inc., 2006. eNotes.com. 2006. 11 Oct, 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 193–194. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Sarjeant, William A.S. (1997). "The earliert discoveries". In Farlow, James O.; Brett-Surman, Michael K. (eds). The Complete Dinosaur. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 3–11. ISBN 0-253-33349-0.
See also