1654 in England

1654 in England

Events from the year 1654 in the The Protectorate.

Incumbents

*Lord Protector - Oliver Cromwell

Events

* 5 April - Signing of the Treaty of Westminster ends the First Anglo-Dutch War, and the Dutch agree to observe the Navigation Acts.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=266]
* 11 April - England signs a treaty of commerce with Sweden.
* 12 April - Oliver Cromwell creates a union between England and Scotland, with Scottish representation in the Parliament of England.
* August - The 'Western Design'; an expedition to the Caribbean to counter Spanish commercial interests.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 185-186|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 3 September - First Protectorate Parliament assembles.

Undated

* Beginning of the Anglo-Spanish War which lasted until after the Restoration in 1660.
* Commission of Triers fills empty Anglican benefices with Puritan ministers.

Births

* 10 January - Joshua Barnes, scholar (died 1712)
* 22 January - Richard Blackmore, physician and writer (died 1729)
* 22 February - Elizabeth Monck, Duchess of Albemarle, (died 1734)
* 27 April - Charles Blount, deist (died 1693)
* 23 June - Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, politician (died 1717)
* John Bellers, educationist (died 1725)
* Algernon Capell, 2nd Earl of Essex, (died 1710)

Deaths

* 8 February - John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury, (born 1601)
* 3 June - Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel, (born 1585)
* 28 June - John Southworth, martyr (born 1592)
* July - Thomas Gataker, clergy (born 1574)
* 10 July - Peter Vowell, Royalist conspirator (year of birth unknown)
* 30 November
** William Habington, poet (born 1605)
** John Selden, jurist (born 1584)
* Sir William Brockman, military leader and politician (born 1595)
* Edmund Chilmead, writer (born 1610)
* Nicholas Culpeper, astrologer (born 1616)
* Roger Dodsworth, antiquary (born 1585)

References

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