1669 in England

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Events from the year 1669 in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Charles II
• Parliament – Cavalier

Events

9 July – Christopher Wren's Sheldonian Theatre inaugurated for University of Oxford ceremonial.

• 31 May – citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last entry in his diary
• 29 October – Isaac Newton appointed Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge.
• 26 November – navigator John Narborough sets sail from Deptford to conduct a voyage of exploration in the South Seas.

Undated

• Robert Boyle discovers the chemical element now known as phosphorus.
• Christopher Wren appointed Surveyor of the King's Works.
• Count Cosimo, grand duke of Tuscany, visits the Tower of London and gives the Yeomen Warders the nickname "Beefeaters".

Publications

• The cookbook The Closet of the Eminently Learned Sir Kenelme Digbie Kt. Opened.

Births

• probable – Charles Howard, 3rd Earl of Carlisle, statesman (died 1738)

Deaths

• 10 March – John Denham, poet (born 1615)
• 10 September – Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I (born 1609)
• 24 October – William Prynne, Puritan leader (born 1600)
• 16 December – Nathaniel Fiennes, politician (born c. 1608)