1669 in England
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Incumbents
Events
- 19 March – Christopher Wren appointed Surveyor of the King's Works.
- 31 May – citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last entry in his diary.
- 29 October – Isaac Newton appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.[1]
- 26 November – navigator John Narborough sets sail from Deptford to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas.[2]
- Undated – Count Cosimo, grand duke of Tuscany, visits the Tower of London and gives the Yeomen Warders the nickname "Beefeaters".[2]
Publications
Births
- 20 January – Susanna Wesley, "mother of Methodism" (died 1742)
- 29 August – John Anstis, herald (died 1744)
- 11 November (date of baptism) – John Freame, banker (died 1745)
- 20 November (probable date of baptism) – Susanna Centlivre, English poet and actress (died 1723)
- Nicholas Blundell, recusant landed gentleman and diarist (died 1737)
- Lady Lucy Herbert, canoness and devotional writer (died 1744)
- probable
- Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, statesman (died 1738)
- Peter King, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor (died 1734)
Deaths
- 13 February – Peter Venables, politician (born 1604)
- 19 March – John Denham, Anglo-Irish Royalist, poet and Surveyor of the King's Works (born 1615)
- 25 March – Sir Lionel Tollemache, 3rd Baronet (born 1624)
- c. April – Nicasius le Febure, royal chemist, alchemist and apothecary (born 1615 in France)
- 1 May – Isaac Thornton, politician (born 1615)
- 10 or 11 July – Robert Stapylton, dramatist and courtier (born c.1607/09)
- 16 July – Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Berkshire, politician (born 1587)
- 18 August – William Gawdy, politician (born 1612)
- 28 August – Sir William Drake, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1606)
- 10 September – Henrietta Maria of France, queen consort of Charles I of England (born 1609)
- 30 September – Henry King, poet and bishop (born 1592)
- 8 October – Jane Cavendish, poet and playwright (born 1621)
- 9 October – Richard Strode, politician (born 1584])
- 24 October – William Prynne, Puritan leader (born 1600)
- 19 November – Elisabeth Pepys, wife of Samuel (born 1640)
- 13 December – Thomas Dyke, politician (born 1619)
- 16 December – Nathaniel Fiennes, politician (born c. 1608)
- 24 December – Henry Foulis, theologian and controversialist (born 1638)
References
- Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 190–191. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- Everett, Jason M., ed. (2006). "1669". The People's Chronology. Thomson Gale.
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