1672 in England

Events from the year 1672 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 2 January - Cash payments by the Exchequer suspended for a year, due to fears of imminent bankruptcy.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]
* 15 March - King Charles II issues the Royal Declaration of Indulgence.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8]
* 17 March - Third Anglo-Dutch War - England declares war on the Dutch Republic.
* 28 May - The first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War is fought at the Battle of Solebay; indecisive.
* 13 September - John Bunyan released after a 12 year imprisonment for preaching without a licence.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]

Undated

* Rebuilding begins of St Stephen Walbrook church in London, designed by Christopher Wren.
* First public concerts in England; organised by John Bannister at Whitefriars, near Fleet Street.

Births

* 9 April - Thomas Willoughby, 1st Baron Middleton, Member of Parliamenr (died 1729)
* 1 May - Joseph Addison, politician and writer (died 1719)
* June - Henry Hyde, 4th Earl of Clarendon, politician (died 1753)
* 17 July (baptism) - Anthony Blackwall, scholar (died 1730)
* 29 July - Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond, illegitimate son of Charles II (died 1723)
* John Huxham, surgeon (died 1768
* John Lovelace, 4th Baron Lovelace, colonial governor (died 1709)
* Thomas Steers, civil engineer (died 1750)
* Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford, diplomat and First Lord of the Admiralty (died 1739)

Deaths

* 15 January - John Cosin, clergyman (born 1594)
* 5 May - Samuel Cooper, painter (born 1609)
* 11 May - Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, royalist (born 1615)
* 28 May
** Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, admiral (born 1625)
** John Trevor, politician (born 1626)
* 27 June - Roger Twysden, antiquarian and royalist (born 1597)
* 3 July - Francis Willughby, biologist (born 1635)
* 8 August - Sir John Borlase, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1619)
* 24 October - John Webb, architect (born 1611)
* 15 November - Sir Walter Long, 1st Baronet of Whaddon, Member of Parliamenr (born c. 1603)
* 19 November - John Wilkins, Bishop of Chester (born 1614)
* 6 December - Jasper Mayne, dramatist (born 1604)
* 21 December - Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby, (born 1628)
* Philip Nye, theologian (born c. 1595)
* Peter Sterry, theologian (born 1613)

References

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