1693 in England
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Events from the year 1693 in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 8 February – the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England.
- March – William Congreve's first play, the comedy The Old Bachelor, is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.[1]
- 17 June (27 June New Style) – Nine Years' War: The French fleet defeats the joint Dutch and English fleet at the Battle of Lagos off Portugal.
- 19 July (29 July New Style) – Nine Years' War: The Dutch-English army led personally by King William III of England is defeated by the French (with Irish Jacobite mercenaries) at the Battle of Landen near Neerwinden in Flemish Brabant.
- October – Congreve's comedy The Double Dealer is first performed at Drury Lane.[1][2]
Undated
- Bromsgrove School endowed by Sir Thomas Cookes.
- The Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel is discovered at North Petherton in Somerset.
- Financier Richard Hoare relocates Hoare's Bank (founded 1672) from Cheapside to Fleet Street in London.
Publications
- 27 February – 17 March – John Dunton publishes The Ladies' Mercury, the first periodical specifically for women.
- John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education.[2][3]
- William Penn's proposal for European federation Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe.[2]
- Vertue Rewarded – anonymous Irish novel, printed in London
Births
- 4 February – George Lillo, playwright (died 1739)
- 24 February – James Quin, actor (died 1766)
- 24 March – John Harrison, clockmaker (died 1776)
- 3 April – George Edwards, naturalist (died 1773)
- 21 July – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1768)
- 21 September – Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1768)
Deaths
- 2 June – John Wildman, soldier and politician (born c. 1621)
- 12 July – John Ashby, admiral (born c. 1640)
- 24 November – William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1617)
References
- ^ a b Hochman, Stanley. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama. Vol. 4. p. 542.
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 198–200. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Cunningham, Hugh. "Re-inventing childhood". open2.net. Open University. Retrieved 16 June 2010.