1698 in England
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Events from the year 1698 which occurred in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - William III
Events
- 4 January - The Palace of Whitehall is destroyed by fire.[1]
- 11 January–21 April - Czar Peter I of Russia visits England as part of his Grand Embassy, making a particular study of shipbuilding.[2]
- March - Jeremy Collier's pamphlet A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage is published.
- 25 July - Engineer Thomas Savery obtains a patent for a steam pump.[3]
- July–August - General election results in victory for the New Country Tories.[4]
- 11 October - Treaty of the Hague signed between France, England and Holland.[5]
- 14 November - First Eddystone Lighthouse illuminated.[6]
Undated
- Piracy Act ("An Act for the more effectuall Suppressions of Piracy") passed.
- Popery Act enforces penalties against Roman Catholic priests.
- Reverend Thomas Bray founds the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.[4]
- Royal African Company's monopoly abolished, opening the slave trade to any merchant.
- Thermal springs discovered at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.[7]
- The widow Bourne sets up the business which becomes Berry Brothers and Rudd in London. They will still be operating as wine merchants in the 21st century.[8]
- Shepherd Neame Brewery established under this name in Faversham.
Births
- 10 January? - Richard Savage, poet (died 1743)
- 8 May - Henry Baker, naturalist (died 1774)
- 26 September - William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755)
- 24 December - William Warburton, critic and Bishop of Gloucester (died 1779)
Deaths
- 24 January - William Holder, music theorist (born 1616)
- 7 February - Richard Adams, theologian (born c. 1626)
- 29 April - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the Admiralty (born 1655)
- 25 August - Fleetwood Sheppard, courtier and literary wit (born 1634)
- 3 September - Sir Robert Howard, playwright, poet and politician (born 1626)
- Unknown date - Nicholas Barbon, economist (born c. 1640)
References
- ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 287. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
- ↑ "January 28th". Chambers' Book of Days. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
- ↑ Carlyle, E. I. (2004). "Savery, Thomas (1650?–1715)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24733. Retrieved 2011-11-05. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- 1 2 Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ↑ Cates, William L. R. (1863). The Pocket Date Book. Chapman and Hall.
- ↑ Majdalany, Fred (1959). The Red Rocks of Eddystone. London: Longmans. p. 49.
- ↑ "Matlock & Matlock Bath: Water Cures". Matlock & Matlock Bath. The Andrews Pages. Archived from the original on April 14, 2012. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "Berry Bros. & Rudd History - Key Dates". Berry Bros. & Rudd. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
See also
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