1690 in England

1690 in England

Events from the year 1690 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Co-monarchs - William III of England and Mary II of England.

Events

* 7 January - The first recorded full peal was rung, at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate in the City of London, marking a new era in change ringing.
* 20 May - the Act of Grace passed, forgiving followers of James II.
* 30 June - War of the Grand Alliance: French naval victory over the English and Dutch off Beachy Head.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 197-198|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 12 July (1 July O. S.) - William III defeats James at the Battle of the Boyne in Ireland.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=285]
* 25 July - War of the Grand Alliance: French raiders burn Teignmouth in Devon.
* 24 August - In India, Sutanuti — which later becomes Calcutta — is founded by Job Charnock of the English East India Company.

Unknown dates

* Earliest recorded sighting of the planet Uranus, by John Flamsteed, who mistakenly catalogues it as the star 34 Tauri.

Publications

* "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" by John Locke.
* "Political Arithmetic" by William Petty.

Births

* 3 February - Richard Rawlinson, minister and antiquarian (died 1755)
* 12 March - George Lee, 2nd Earl of Lichfield (died 1742)
* 22 April - John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville, statesman (died 1763)
* Baptised 22 April - Robert Raikes the Elder, printer (died 1757)
* 29 October - Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (died 1754)
* 1 December - Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Chancellor (died 1764)
* 2 December - Robert Shafto, Member of Parliament (died 1729)
* "date unknown"
** Charles Bridgeman, garden designer (died 1738)
** Hester Santlow, dancer and actress (died 1773)
** George Shelvocke, privateer (died 1728)

Deaths

* 7 February - Sir William Morice, 1st Baronet, royalist statesman (born c.1628)
* March - Sir Philip Parker, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c. 1625)
* 21 May - John Eliot, Puritan missionary (born 1604)
* 12 July - George Walker, soldier killed in action at the Battle of the Boyne (born (1645)
* 9 October - Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, illegitimate son of King Charles II (born 1663)
* 15 October - Thomas Rogers and Anne Rogers, counterfeiters (both executed)
* December - Richard Willis, spy (born 1614)
* 15 December - Sir Thomas Allen, 1st Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c. 1633)
* "date unknown"
** Sir John Child, 1st Baronet, governor of Bombay (year of birth unknown)

References

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