1692 in England
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Events from the year 1692 in England.
Incumbents[edit]
- Monarchs – William III and Mary II
Events[edit]
- 19 February – Princess Anne leaves the court after quarrelling with her sister, Queen Mary.[1]
- 2 May – first performance of Henry Purcell's semi-opera The Fairy-Queen at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in London.
- 5 May – Queen Mary orders the imprisonment of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for alleged treasonous support of the Jacobites.[1]
- 29 May–4 June – War of the Grand Alliance: The threat of a French invasion of England is diminished by victory at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue.[2]
- 3 August – War of the Grand Alliance: the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic led by King William III of England are defeated at the Battle of Steenkerque.[2]
- 8 September – an earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.[3]
- 22 November – first performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia.[4]
Undated[edit]
- c.200 collier ships are wrecked in a storm off Winterton Ness with the loss of around a thousand lives.[5]
- An Act for encourageing the apprehending of Highway Men offers rewards for the apprehension of highwaymen.
- Lloyd's coffee house in London becomes the main office for marine insurance.[1]
- First publication of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, as Chronicon Saxonicum, edited with a Latin translation by Edmund Gibson.
Births[edit]
- 29 February – John Byrom, poet (died 1763)
- 18 May – Joseph Butler, bishop and philosopher (died 1752)[6]
- 3 August – John Henley, minister (died 1759)
- John Huxham, surgeon (died 1768)
Deaths[edit]
- 18 May – Elias Ashmole, antiquarian (born 1617)
- 4 October – Charles Fleetwood, Parliamentarian soldier and politician (born c. 1618)
- c. November? – Edmund Ludlow, last surviving regicide, exiled in Switzerland (born c. 1617)
- 19 November – Thomas Shadwell, poet and playwright (born c. 1642)
- 9 December – William Mountfort, actor and playwright (born c. 1664)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 198–200. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
- ^ a b Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 286. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
- ^ Stratton, J. M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
- ^ Gentleman's Journal, November 1692, cited in Rimbault's edition, London: Musical Antiquarian Society Publications, 1848, p. 2.
- ^ Defoe, Daniel. A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain.
- ^ "Joseph Butler | British bishop and philosopher | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 February 2022.