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List of events
The following events occurred in the Kingdom of England in the year 1679 .
24 January – King Charles II dismisses the Cavalier Parliament after nearly 18 years[ 1] impeachment of Lord Danby by the House of Commons.
6 March–27 May – Charles II's third parliament (the "Habeas Corpus Parliament " or "First Exclusion Parliament") meets and is led by the Privy Council Ministry .[ 1]
15 May – Exclusion Crisis : The supporters of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury , introduce an Exclusion Bill into the House of Commons with the aim of excluding the king's brother, the Catholic James, Duke of York , from the succession to the English throne .
27 May – Parliament passes the Habeas Corpus Act "for the better securing the liberty of the subject"[ 1]
22 June – Battle of Bothwell Bridge in Scotland: Royal forces led by the Duke of Monmouth and John Graham of Claverhouse subdue the Scottish Covenanters .
12 July – Exclusion Crisis : the "Habeas Corpus Parliament " is dissolved while in recess by Royal prerogative to prevent it passing the Exclusion Bill.[ 2] [ 3]
24 July – Charles II's fourth parliament (the "Exclusion Bill Parliament ") is summoned, but prorogued until 1680 .
September – Charles II forces the Duke of Monmouth , his illegitimate son, into exile in the Dutch Republic .[ 4]
17 November – The Green Ribbon Club , a predecessor of the Whigs , organises a procession to burn an effigy of the Pope in London.[ 5]
27 November – The Duke of Monmouth returns (without royal permission) from exile and is greeted in London by widespread celebration from those who consider him a potential Protestant heir to the throne.[ 6]
Undated – Bristol Baptist College, the world's first Baptist College, is founded by local merchant Edward Terrill.
Approximate date – first bagnio [ 7] 3 January – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle , soldier and politician (born 1608)
24 January – William Ireland , martyr (born 1636)
23 February – Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway , philosopher (born 1631)
27 February (bur.) – Joan Carlile , professional portrait painter (born c. 1606)
3 May – James Sharp , archbishop (assassinated) (born 1613)
2 June – Hannah Ayscough, mother of Isaac Newton (born 1623)
11 July – William Chamberlayne , poet (born 1619)
17 July – James Duport , scholar (born 1606)
19 July – John Plessington , martyr (born c. 1637)
6 August – John Snell , royalist (born 1629)
22 August
September – John Mayow , chemist and physiologist (born 1643)
2 September – Thomas Modyford , colonial governor (born c. 1620)
29 September – John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland , Earl (born 1604)
12 October – William Gurnall , writer (born 1617)
26 October – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery , soldier, statesman and dramatist (born 1621)
4 December – Thomas Hobbes , philosopher (born 1588)
26 December – Thomas Blount , lexicographer (born 1618)
Late December – Praise-God Barebone , Fifth Monarchist (born c. 1598)
William Goffe , parliamentarian and regicide, in New England (born c. 1605)John Hayls , portrait painter (born 1600)
