1697 in England
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Events from the year 1697 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - William III
Events
- 15 May - Violent hail storm across Hertfordshire, perhaps the most severe ever in Britain.[1]
- 20 September - The Treaty of Ryswick ends the War of the Grand Alliance.[2]
- 2 December - First service (to celebrate the Treaty of Ryswick) held in St Paul's Cathedral since rebuilding work after the Great Fire of London began.[3]
Publications
- John Vanbrugh's play The Provoked Wife.[2]
- Daniel Defoe's An Essay upon Projects, favouring the implementation of income tax and the education of women.[4]
- Francis Moore (astrologer) first publishes Old Moore's Almanack.
Births
- 10 November - William Hogarth, artist (died 1764)
Deaths
- 28 January - John Fenwick, conspirator (born c. 1645)
- 27 March - Simon Bradstreet, colonial magistrate (born 1603)
- 7 June - John Aubrey, antiquary and memoirist (born 1626)
- Probable year - Gilbert Clerke, mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian (born 1626)
References
- ↑ Simons, Paul (2008). Since Records Began. London: Collins. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-00-728463-4.
- 1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 287. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ↑ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1995). The London Encyclopaedia. Macmillan. p. 780. ISBN 0-333-57688-8.
- ↑ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 200–201. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
See also
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