1675 in England
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Events from the year 1675 in England.
Incumbents
Events
- 4 March – John Flamsteed appointed as "astronomical observator", in effect, the first Astronomer Royal.[1][2]
- 25 March – loss of HMY Mary off Anglesey.
- 13 April – Parliament refuses to vote funds for King Charles; suspended after sitting for just nine weeks.[1]
- 21 June – reconstruction of St Paul's Cathedral in London under Christopher Wren begins to replace that destroyed by the Great Fire of London in 1666.[3]
- 10 August – King Charles II places the foundation stone of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich in London.[3]
- 20 September – the Great Fire of Northampton occurs in the county town.[4]
Undated
- The Green Ribbon Club founded; the earliest political club, based in Fleet Street.[1]
- King Charles issues a "Proclamation for the suppression of Coffee Houses" due to the political activity which occurred in the newly popular establishments.[5]
- Bethlem Hospital, London, moves to new buildings in Moorfields, designed by Robert Hooke.
- Briggflatts Meeting House built near Sedbergh.
Publications
- William Wycherley's satirical play The Country Wife.[1]
Births
- 1 April – George Shelvocke, privateer (died 1742)
- 29 May – Humphry Ditton, mathematician (died 1715)
- 2 September – William Somervile, poet (died 1742)
- 11 October – Samuel Clarke, philosopher (died 1729)
- 24 October – Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, soldier and politician (died 1749)
- Edmund Curll, bookseller and publisher (died 1757)
Deaths
- 28 July – Bulstrode Whitelocke, lawyer (born 1605)
- 28 November – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (born c. 1608)
- 6 December – John Lightfoot, churchman and scholar (born 1602)
References
- ^ a b c d Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 191–192. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ Willmoth, Frances (2004). "Flamsteed, John (1646–1719)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 2011-02-04.(subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ a b Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
- ^ "The Fire of Northampton in September 20th 1675". Fire Northampton. Retrieved 2011-02-04.
- ^ "The rise and fall of English coffee houses". Retrieved 2007-12-28.