1680 in England

Events from the year 1680 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - Charles II of England

Events

* 4 November - a second Exclusion Bill is proposed to exclude the Catholic James, Duke of York from inheriting the throne.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=279]
* 15 November - the Exclusion Bill is defeated in the House of Lords.

Births

* 23 January - Joseph Ames, author (died 1759)
* 14 February - John Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, privy councillor (died 1737)
* 20 June - Sir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet, politician (died 1743)
* 12 October - Arthur Collier, philosopher (died 1732)
* Blackbeard, pirate (died 1718)
* John Colson, mathematician (died 1760)
* Barnabas Gunn, organist and composer (died 1753)
* John Machin, mathematician (died 1752)

Deaths

* 14 January (New Style) - George Carteret, statesman (born c.1610)
* 17 February - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, statesman and writer (born 1599)
* 16 May - Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Matfen, Member of Parliament (born 1620)
* 22 May - Richard Sawkins, pirate (year of birth unknown)
* 18 June - Samuel Butler, poet (born 1612)
* 26 July - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, poet (born 1647)
* 20 August - William Bedloe, informer (born 1650)
* 24 August - Thomas Blood, thief of the English Crown Jewels (born 1618)
* 9 September - Henry Marten, regicide (born 1602)
* 11 September - Roger Crab, Puritan political writer (born 1621)
* 30 November - Peter Lely, painter (born 1618)
* 8 December - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, politician (born 1606)
* 29 December - William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, martyr (born 1614)
* Cornelius Essex, pirate (year of birth unknown)
* Sir James Harrington, 3rd Baronet, Member of Parliament (born 1607)

References

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