1680 in England
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| 1678 1678 in England Events from the year 1678 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 31 May - The Godiva Procession, a commemoration held in honour of Lady Godiva's legendary naked ride on horseback through the streets of Coventry in protest against her husband's treatment of the citizens, begins.* 6 September - Titus... | 1679 1679 in England Events from the year 1679 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 24 January - King Charles II dismisses the Cavalier Parliament over the Exclusion crisis.* 6 March - Charles II's third Parliament assembles and is led by the Privy Council Ministry.... | 1680 | 1681 1681 in England Events from the year 1681 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 18 January - 'Exclusion Bill Parliament' dissolved.* 14 March - William Penn receives a royal charter to establish a sectarian colony in the Americas.... | 1682 1682 in England Events from the year 1682 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 11 March - The Royal Hospital Chelsea for old soldiers is founded in London.* 25 August - Following the Bideford witch trial, three women become the last known to be hanged for witchcraft in England, at Exeter.* September - Halley's... |
Events from the year 1680 in the Kingdom of England
Kingdom of England
The Kingdom of England was, from 927 to 1707, a sovereign state to the northwest of continental Europe. At its height, the Kingdom of England spanned the southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain and several smaller outlying islands; what today comprises the legal jurisdiction of England...
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Events
- 4 November - A second Exclusion BillExclusion BillThe Exclusion Crisis ran from 1678 through 1681 in the reign of Charles II of England. The Exclusion Bill sought to exclude the king's brother and heir presumptive, James, Duke of York, from the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland because he was Roman Catholic...
is proposed to exclude the Catholic James, Duke of YorkJames II of EnglandJames II & VII was King of England and King of Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII, from 6 February 1685. He was the last Catholic monarch to reign over the Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland...
from inheriting the throne. - 15 November - The Exclusion Bill is defeated in the House of LordsHouse of LordsThe House of Lords is the upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Like the House of Commons, it meets in the Palace of Westminster....
. - 7 December - William Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordWilliam Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordBlessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. He was a supporter of the Royalist cause before being implicated in the Popish Plot and executed for treason...
, condemned to death by perjuredPerjuryPerjury, also known as forswearing, is the willful act of swearing a false oath or affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters material to a judicial proceeding. That is, the witness falsely promises to tell the truth about matters which affect the outcome of the...
evidence in the House of Lords for conspiracy in the supposed "Popish PlotPopish PlotThe Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy concocted by Titus Oates that gripped England, Wales and Scotland in Anti-Catholic hysteria between 1678 and 1681. Oates alleged that there existed an extensive Catholic conspiracy to assassinate Charles II, accusations that led to the execution of at...
". - undated - First fire insurance office established, the Phoenix.
Births
- 23 January - Joseph AmesJoseph Ames (author)Joseph Ames was an English bibliographer and antiquary. He wrote an account of printing in England from 1471 to 1600, entitled Typographical Antiquities...
, author (died 17591759 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1759 in Great Britain. The year was dubbed an Annus Mirabilis due to a succession of military victories in the Seven Years' War against French-led opponents.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II...
) - 14 February - John Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of LeicesterJohn Sidney, 6th Earl of Leicester, PC was a Privy Councillor during the Georgian era.He was born and died at his family home of Penshurst Place in Kent and is buried at Penshurst. He was one of the five sons of Robert Sidney, 4th Earl of Leicester...
, privy councillor (died 17371737 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1737 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig-Events:...
) - 20 June - Sir John Aubrey, 3rd BaronetSir John Aubrey, 3rd BaronetSir John Aubrey, 3rd Baronet was a British politician and baronet.-Background:He was the son of Sir John Aubrey, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Margaret Lowther, daughter of Sir John Lowther, 1st Baronet. In 1700, Aubrey succeeded his father as baronet...
, politician (died 17431743 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1743 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, Whig , Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:...
) - 12 October - Arthur CollierArthur CollierArthur Collier was an English Anglican priest and philosopher.-Early life:Collier was born at the rectory of Steeple Langford, Wiltshire...
, philosopher (died 17321732 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1732 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - George II of the United Kingdom*Prime Minister - Robert Walpole, Whig-Events:* 7 December - The original Covent Garden Theatre Royal is opened....
) - BlackbeardBlackbeardEdward Teach , better known as Blackbeard, was a notorious English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies....
, pirate (died 17181718 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1718 in Great Britain.-Events:* 7 January - Occasional Conformity Act repealed.* 15 May - James Puckle patents the Puckle Gun, an early form of machine gun....
) - John ColsonJohn ColsonJohnathan "John" Colson was an English clergyman and mathematician, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University.John Colson was educated at Lichfield School before becoming an undergraduate at Christ Church, Oxford, though he did not take a degree there...
, mathematician (died 17601760 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1760 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - George II , George III*Prime Minister - Duke of Newcastle, Whig-Events:...
) - Barnabas GunnBarnabas GunnBarnabas Gunn was an English organist and composer.Gunn's date and place of birth are unknown, but he was appointed organist of the newly built St Philip's Church in Birmingham in 1715...
, organist and composer (died 17531753 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1753 in Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:* 29 January - After a month's absence, Elizabeth Canning returns to her mother's home in London and claims that she was abducted...
) - John MachinJohn MachinJohn Machin, , a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, is best known for developing a quickly converging series for Pi in 1706 and using it to compute Pi to 100 decimal places.Machin's formula is:...
, mathematician (died 17521752 in Great BritainEvents from the year 1752 in the Kingdom of Great Britain.-Incumbents:*Monarch - King George II*Prime Minister - Henry Pelham, Whig-Events:...
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Deaths
- 14 January (New StyleOld Style and New Style datesOld Style and New Style are used in English language historical studies either to indicate that the start of the Julian year has been adjusted to start on 1 January even though documents written at the time use a different start of year ; or to indicate that a date conforms to the Julian...
) - George CarteretGeorge CarteretVice Admiral Sir George Carteret, 1st Baronet , son of Elias de Carteret, was a royalist statesman in Jersey and England, who served in the Clarendon Ministry as Treasurer of the Navy...
, statesman (born c.1610) - 17 February - Denzil Holles, 1st Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 1st Baron HollesDenzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles PC was an English statesman and writer, best known as one of the five members of parliament whom King Charles I of England attempted to arrest in 1642.-Early life:...
, statesman and writer (born 1599) - 16 May - Sir William Blackett, 1st Baronet, of Matfen, Member of Parliament (born 1620)
- 22 May - Richard SawkinsRichard SawkinsRichard Sawkins or Hawkins was a British buccaneer who participated in the Pacific Adventure, a privateering expedition headed by Captain John Coxon....
, pirate (year of birth unknown) - 18 June - Samuel Butler, poet (born 1612)
- 26 July - John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , styled Viscount Wilmot between 1652 and 1658, was an English Libertine poet, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts...
, poet (born 16471647 in EnglandEvents from the year 1647 in the Kingdom of England.-Events:* 30 January - Scots hand over King Charles I to England in return for £40,000 of army back-pay.* March - Folk dancing and bear-baiting banned....
) - 20 August - William BedloeWilliam BedloeWilliam Bedloe was an English fraudster and informer, born at Chepstow.He appears to have been well educated; he was certainly clever, and after moving to London in 1670 he became acquainted with some Jesuits and was occasionally employed by them...
, informer (born 16501650 in EnglandEvents from the year 1650 in England.-Events:* 1 May - The future King Charles II of England signs the Treaty of Breda with the Scottish Covenanters.* 23 June - Charles arrives in Scotland where he signs the Covenant....
) - 24 August - Thomas BloodThomas BloodColonel Thomas Blood was an Irish colonel best known for attempting to steal the Crown Jewels of England from the Tower of London in 1671...
, thief of the English Crown Jewels (born 1618) - 9 September - Henry MartenHenry Marten (regicide)Sir Henry Marten was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1640 and 1653...
, regicide (born 1602) - 11 September - Roger CrabRoger CrabRoger Crab was an English soldier, haberdasher, herbal doctor and writer who is best known for his ascetic lifestyle which included Christian vegetarianism. Crab fought in the Parliamentary Army in the English Civil War before becoming a haberdasher in Chesham. He later became a hermit and worked...
, Puritan political writer (born 1621) - 30 November - Peter LelyPeter LelySir Peter Lely was a painter of Dutch origin, whose career was nearly all spent in England, where he became the dominant portrait painter to the court.-Life:...
, painter (born 1618) - 8 December - Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of DorchesterHenry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of DorchesterHenry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, PC, FRS was an English peer, the son of the Robert Pierrepont, 1st Earl of Kingston-upon-Hull.-Career:...
, politician (born 1606) - 29 December - William Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordWilliam Howard, 1st Viscount StaffordBlessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford was the youngest son of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel, and his wife, the former Alethea Talbot. He was a supporter of the Royalist cause before being implicated in the Popish Plot and executed for treason...
, martyr (born 1614) - Cornelius EssexCornelius EssexCornelius Essex was an English buccaneer who took part in Captain Bartholomew Sharp's privateering expedition, the "Pacific Adventure", during the late 1670s....
, pirate (year of birth unknown) - Sir James Harrington, 3rd BaronetSir James Harrington, 3rd BaronetSir James Harrington or Harington, 3rd Baronet of Ridlington was an English Member of Parliament for Rutland and Middlesex ....
, Member of Parliament (born 1607)