1668 in England
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Events from the year 1668 which occurred in England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II
Events
- 28 January - England signs the Triple Alliance with the United Provinces and Sweden.[1]
- 17 January - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham fights a duel with Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury in which the Earl of Shrewsbury is fatally wounded.[2]
- 13 February - Charles II mediates a peace treaty between Spain and Portugal.
- 13 April - John Dryden becomes Poet Laureate.[3]
Undated
- The British East India Company takes over Bombay
- William Penn imprisoned for writing a pamphlet attacking Trinitarian doctrine.[1]
- Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford, designed by Christopher Wren, is completed.
- Richard Duckworth's Tintinnalogia, or, the Art of Ringing, the first work on change ringing, is compiled and published complete by Fabian Stedman in London.[4]
- 1668 or 1669 - James, Duke of York, the heir to the throne, secretly takes Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church.
Births
- November (baptised) - Thomas Woolston, deist (died 1733)
- Thomas Archer, baroque architect (died 1743)
- John Eccles, composer (died 1735)
Deaths
- 21 February - John Thurloe, Puritan spy (born 1616)
- 16 March - Francis Talbot, 11th Earl of Shrewsbury (born 1623)
- 7 April - Sir William Davenant, poet (born 1606)
- 19 September - Sir William Waller, English Civil War general (born c. 1635)
- 17 November - Joseph Alleine, English non-conformist preacher (born 1634)
- probable date - Daniel Blagrave, Member of Parliament (born 1603)
References
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