1675 in England

Events from the year 1675 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 13 April - Parliament refuses to vote funds for King Charles; suspended after sitting for just nine weeks.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 191-192|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 21 June - reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral in London begins to replace that destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 10 August - King Charles II of England places the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London.

Undated

* The Green Ribbon Club founded; the earliest political club, based in Fleet Street.
* King Charles issues a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee Houses" due to the political activity which occurred in the newly popular establishments. [cite web|url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-130276491.html|title=The rise and fall of English coffee houses|accessdate=2007-12-28]
* John Flamsteed appointed as the first Astronomer Royal.
* The Great Fire of Northampton occurred in the County Town.

Publications

* William Wycherley's satirical play "The Country Wife".

Births

* 29 May - Humphry Ditton, mathematician (died 1715)
* 2 September - William Somervile, poet (died 1742)
* 11 October - Samuel Clarke, philosopher (died 1729)
* 24 October - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, soldier and politician (died 1749)
* Edmund Curll, bookseller and publisher (died 1757)

Deaths

* 28 July - Bulstrode Whitelocke, lawyer (born 1605)
* 28 November - Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (born c 1608)
* 6 December - John Lightfoot, churchman and scholar (born 1602)

References

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