English History (Part 6)

Historical Events

Events 501 - 600 of 1,332

• 1667-03-31 France & England sign anti-Dutch military accord
• 1667-06-12 -13] Michiel de Ruyter destroys English fleet

• 1667-06-21 Dutch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter occupies Sheerness, England
• 1667-07-31 Peace of Breda: 2nd English war-Suriname vs New-Netherlands ends
• 1667-10-18 English fleet plunders Suriname plantations
• 1668-01-23 England, Netherlands & Sweden sign Triple Alliance against French
• 1668-03-26 England takes control of Bombay, India

• 1668-04-13 John Dryden (36) appointed first English poet laureate by Charles II

• 1670-06-01 English King Charles II & French King Louis XIV sign secret anti-Dutch treaty
• 1670-12-31 France & England sign Boyne-treaty
• 1671-04-22 King Charles II sits in on English parliament
• 1672-06-07 Battle by Solebay: Dutch admiral M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
• 1673-03-29 English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions


• 1673-06-14 Battle at Schooneveld: Michiel de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
• 1673-08-09 Dutch under Admiral Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge recapture NY from English; regained by English in 1674
• 1673-08-21 Sea battle at Kijkduin: De Ruyter defeats English & French fleet
• 1673-11-09 English King Charles II dismisses Earl of Shaftesbury
• 1674-02-09 English reconquer NY from Netherlands
• 1674-02-19 Netherlands & England sign Peace of Westminster (NYC becomes English)
• 1674-11-10 Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English

• 1675-06-20 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag Native Americans form anti-English front under Metacom
• 1675-06-22 Royal Greenwich Observatory established in England by Charles II
• 1675-11-22 English king Charles II adjourns Parliament
• 1678-07-26 England and Netherlands signs treaty: sending ultimatum to France
• 1678-07-30 English troops land in Flanders
• 1678-11-30 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
• 1679-01-24 King Charles II disbands English parliament
• 1679-05-27 Habeaus Corpus Act (strengthening person's right to challenge unlawful arrest & imprisonment) passes in England
• 1679-10-23 Meal Tub Plot against James Duke of York (future James II of England)
• 1679-11-15 English House of Commons accepts Exclusion Bill

• 1682-08-30 William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World
• 1682-10-19 English Lord Shaftesbury flees to Holland
• 1682-10-27 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is founded by Englishman William Penn
• 1682-12-02 Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Amsterdam following the failure of his plots to prevent a Catholic succession should King Charles II die
• 1683-06-06 The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, opens as the world's first university museum

• 1683-11-01 The English crown colony of New York is subdivided into 12 counties.
• 1683-12-25 English Whig leader Duke of Monmouth flees to Holland
• 1684-10-23 Colony Massachusetts under authority of English crown mounted
• 1685-02-06 Duke of York becomes King James II of England and VII of Scotland upon the death of his brother Charles II
• 1686-04-04 English King James II publishes Declaration of Indulgence
• 1687-04-04 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in English churches
• 1687-07-02 King James II disbands English parliament

• 1687-09-26 City council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution
• 1688-11-11 Prince Willem III's invasion fleet sails to England
• 1688-11-15 Prince Willem III's army lands at Torbay, England; the 'Glorious Revolution' commences
• 1688-12-09 King James II's wife & son flee England for France
• 1689-01-22 Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords
• 1689-01-28 English parliament resolves that the throne is vacant

• 1689-02-23 Dutch prince William III proclaimed King of England
• 1689-03-09 Thomas Shadwell appointed second English Poet Laureate by William and Mary after John Dryden refuses to swear The Oath allegiance
• 1689-03-12 Former English King James II lands in Ireland
• 1689-04-20 The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry
• 1689-04-21 William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed King & Queen of England
• 1689-05-09 English King William III declares war on France
• 1689-05-11 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
• 1689-05-12 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
• 1689-05-24 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
• 1689-08-25 Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French
• 1689-12-16 English Parliament passes Bill of Rights establishing limits on crown powers and requirement for regular elections
• 1690-05-11 English troops of W Phips conquer Port Royal, Nova Scotia
• 1690-05-20 England passes Act of Grace, forgiving followers of James II
• 1690-06-11 English king William III departs to Ireland
• 1690-06-30 Battle of Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Dutch/English fleet
• 1690-07-12 Battle of Boyne: in Ireland, Protestant King William III defeats English Catholic King James II
• 1690-09-06 King Wiliam III escapes back to England
• 1690-10-07 English attack Quebec under Louis de Buade
• 1690-12-23 English astronomer John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
• 1691-01-18 English King William III travels to The Hague
• 1691-02-17 Thomas Neale granted English patent for American postal service
• 1691-07-22 Battle at Aghrim: English/Dutch army beats France
• 1691-10-03 English & Dutch army occupies Limerick Ireland
• 1692-05-29 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
• 1692-07-24 French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein)
• 1692-08-03 Battle at Steenkerke: French beat English/Dutch army
• 1692-12-23 Nahum Tate is appointed the third Poet Laureate by English monarchs William and Mary
• 1693-07-04 Battle at Boussu-lez-Walcourt: French-English vs Dutch army
• 1694-06-07 English invasion army under Thomas Tollemache reaches Brest
• 1694-06-08 English troops attack Brest (300 killed)
• 1694-07-27 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament
• 1694-12-03 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years
• 1695-05-12 English King William III departs to Netherlands
• 1695-08-11 English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
• 1695-09-01 Dutch/English army under king Willem III occupies Names
• 1695-09-01 French garrison of castle Namur surrenders to the army of the Grand Alliance under the command of King William III of England
• 1695-10-10 King Willem III escapes South Netherlands, back to England
• 1695-12-31 A window tax is imposed in England, causing many shopkeepers to brick up their windows to avoid the tax.
• 1696-02-27 English/Welsh nobles lay down Oath of Association
• 1696-02-29 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption
• 1696-03-07 English King William III departs Netherlands
• 1697-05-24 English King William III travels through northern Europe
• 1697-10-30 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Dutch/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending Nine Year War

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 501 - 600 of 4,663

• 1720-03-09 Philip Yorke, 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, English politician (d. 1790)
• 1720-07-18 Gilbert White, English naturalist (Natural History and Antiquities of Selborn), born in Selborne, Hampshire (d. 1793)
• 1720-08-18 Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers, English murderer (d. 1760)
• 1720-08-30 Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and Member of Parliament, born in Cardington, Bedfordshire (d. 1796)

• 1721-04-14 William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, English army leader, born in London (d. 1765)
• 1721-08-04 Granville Leveson-Gower, 1st Marquess of Stafford, English politician (d. 1803)
• 1721-11-09 Mark Akenside, English poet and physician, born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England (d. 1770)
• 1721-12-25 William Collins, Chichester England, (Mayor-Chichester)/poet
• 1722-04-11 Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols), born in Shipbourne, England (d. 1771)
• 1722-07-16 Joseph Wilton, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey), born in London (d. 1803)
• 1722-08-11 Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
• 1722-11-05 William Byron, 5th Baron Byron, English nobleman and politician, born in Clayton, Lancashire, England (d. 1798)
• 1723-02-24 John Burgoyne, British general (surrendered at Saratoga during the American Revolutionary War), born in Sutton, England (d. 1792)
• 1723-04-14 John Wainwright, English composer and organist (d. 1768)
• 1723-06-20 Theophilus Lindsey, English theologian and clergyman, born in Middlewich, Cheshire (d. 1808)

• 1723-07-16 Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), born in Plympton, Devon, England (d. 1792)
• 1724-01-24 Frances Brooke, English writer (d. 1789)
• 1724-08-25 George Stubbs, British animal painter (Horse Frightened by Lion), born in Liverpool (d. 1806)
• 1724-10-31 Christopher Anstey, English poet (The New Bath Guide), born in Brinkley, England (d. 1805)

• 1725-02-04 Dru Drury, English entomologist (d. 1804)
• 1725-03-28 Andrew Kippis, English non-conformist clergyman and biographer, born in Nottingham (d. 1795)
• 1725-07-24 John Newton, English cleric and hymnist, born in Wapping, London (d. 1807)
• 1725-08-29 Charles Townshend, English politician, 3rd Viscount of Townshend, born in Raynham Hall, Norfolk (d. 1767)
• 1725-09-29 Robert Clive, English explorer and founder (British empire in India), born in Styche, England (d. 1773)
• 1725-10-17 John Wilkes, English radical, journalist (The North Briton) and politician, born in London (d. 1797)
• 1726-04-12 Charles Burney, English music historian, born in Shrewsbury, England (d. 1814)
• 1726-05-20 Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770)
• 1726-07-20 William Jones, English composer and curate, born in Lowick (d. 1800)
• 1726-10-14 Charles Middleton, 1st Baron Barham, English sailor and politician, born in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland (d. 1813)

• 1727-05-14 Thomas Gainsborough, English painter (Blue Boy), baptized

• 1728-02-29 Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)
• 1728-04-23 Samuel Wallis, English explorer (Wallis Island), born in Camelford, Cornwall (d. 1795)

• 1729-04-13 Thomas Percy, English literary and bishop of Dromore, born in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England (d. 1811)
• 1729-05-25 Jean de Neufville, Dutch-American merchant (started 4th English war), born in Amsterdam (d. 1796)

• 1730-01-15 John Malchair, German-born English artist, violinist and composer, born in Cologne (d. 1812)
• 1730-03-27 Thomas Tyrwhitt, English classical scholar and critic, born in London (d. 1786)

• 1730-05-29 William Jackson [Jackson of Exeter], English composer and organist, born in Exeter, England (d. 1803)
• 1730-07-12 Josiah Wedgwood, English pottery designer and manufacturer (Wedgwood), born in Burslem, Staffordshire, England (d. 1795)
• 1730-12-08 Jan Ingenhousz, Dutch-English physiologist (discovering photosynthesis) and personal physician of Maria Theresa, born in Breda, Staats-Brabant, Dutch Republic (d. 1799)
• 1730-12-14 Capel Bond, English composer, born in Gloucester (d. 1790)
• 1731-10-10 Henry Cavendish, England, physicist and chemist (discovered hydrogen), born in Nice (d. 1810)
• 1731-11-26 William Cowper, English pre-romantic poet (His Task), born in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1800)
• 1731-12-12 Erasmus Darwin, influential English physician, poet, philosopher, and botanist (grandfather of Charles Darwin), born in Newark-on-Trent, England (d. 1807)
• 1732-12-06 Warren Hastings, 1st governor-general of India (1773-84), born in Churchill, Oxfordshire (d. 1818)

• 1733-01-17 Thomas Linley the elder, English composer and tenor, born in Badminton, Gloucestershire (d. 1795)

• 1733-07-27 Jeremiah Dixon, English surveyor and astronomer, born in Cockfield, County Durham, England (d. 1779)
• 1734-10-07 Ralph Abercromby, English army commander (Dutch Guyana)
• 1735-05-08 Sir Nathaniel Dance-Holland, English painter, born in London (d. 1811)
• 1735-09-05 Johann Christian Bach (English Bach), German composer, 11th son of Johann Sebastian Bach, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1782)
• 1735-09-14 Robert Raikes, British philanthropist and Sunday school pioneer, born in Gloucester, England (d. 1811)

• 1735-11-10 Granville Sharp, English abolitionist, born in Durham, England (d. 1813)

• 1737-07-31 Princess Augusta Frederica of Great Britain, born in London, England (d. 1813)
• 1737-08-11 Joseph Nollekins, sculptor, born in London, England

• 1740-11-04 Augustus Montague Toplady, English hymn writer (Rock of Ages), born in Farnham, Surrey, England (d. 1778)
• 1740-11-24 John Bacon, English sculptor
• 1742-01-08 Philip Astley, English 'Father of the Modern Circus', born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England (d. 1814)
• 1742-11-05 Richard Cosway, English portrait painter, born in Tiverton, England (d. 1821)

• 1743-04-24 Edmund Cartwright, English inventor (power loom), born in Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1823)
• 1744-10-27 Mary Moser, English painter (Flowers Still Life), born in London (d. 1819)
• 1745-01-23 William Jessop, English canal engineer, born in Plymouth, United Kingdom (d. 1814)
• 1745-02-20 Henry James Pye, English poet, British Poet Laureate (1790-1813), born in London (d. 1813)
• 1746-01-11 William Curtis, English botanist/publisher (Botanical Magazine)
• 1746-06-03 James Hook, English composer, born in Norwich (d. 1827)
• 1746-09-28 William Jones, British orientalist and jurist, born in London (d. 1794)
• 1747-01-15 John Aikin, English doctor and writer, born in Kibworth Harcourt, United Kingdom (d. 1822)
• 1748-02-15 Jeremy Bentham, English philosopher/originator (Utilitarian), born in London, England
• 1748-09-17 Robert Wainwright, English composer and church organist (d.1782)

• 1751-12-10 George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist, born in Bierton, Buckinghamshire (d. 1813)
• 1752-06-13 Fanny Burney, English novelist (Camille, Evelina), born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, England (d. 1840)
• 1752-11-20 Thomas Chatterton, English poet (Christabel), born in Bristol, England (d. 1770)
• 1753-07-04 Jean-Pierre Blanchard, French ballonist (1st balloon flights in England and U.S.), born in Les Andelys, France (d. 1809)
• 1753-08-03 Charles Stanhope, 3rd earl Stanhope, English radical politician and scientist, born in London (d. 1816)
• 1753-08-12 Thomas Bewick, England, artist (British Birds, Aesop's Fables)
• 1753-09-10 John Soane, English architect (Bank of England, Soane Museum), born in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England (d. 1837)
• 1753-12-03 Samuel Crompton, English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine), born in 10 Firwood Fold, Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 1827)
• 1754-08-21 Banastre Tarleton, British soldier and politician (Waxhaws Massacre), born in Liverpool, England (d. 1833)
• 1754-12-24 George Crabbe, English poet (Everlasting Mercy), born in Aldeburgh, England (d. 1832)
• 1755-01-07 Stephen Groombridge, Goudhurst Kent, English Astronomer (Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars)
• 1755-04-11 James Parkinson, English physician (First description of Parkinson's disease) and political activist, born in Shoreditch, London (d. 1824)
• 1755-07-05 Sarah Kemble Siddons, English tragic actress (Fatal Marriage), born in Brecon, Wales (d. 1831)
• 1755-07-06 John Flaxman, English sculptor (Westminster Abbey tomb stones)
• 1756-03-05 Thomas Linley the younger, English composer and musician "English Mozart" (d. 1778)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 501 - 600 of 2,342

• 1668-11-17 Joseph Alleine, English preacher (b. 1634)
• 1668-12-22 Stephen Day, English-born colonial printer (The Psalms in Meter - 1st book printed in American colonies), dies at about 58
• 1669-03-10 John Denham, English poet (b. 1615)
• 1669-09-10 Henrietta Maria, French-born daughter of Henry IV of France and queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
• 1669-10-24 William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
• 1669-12-16 Nathaniel Fiennes, English politician (b. circa 1608)
• 1670-01-03 George Monck, English general, dies at 61
• 1670-06-30 Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)
• 1670-12-16 Dorothy, 1st English marquis of Halifax, dies
• 1671-03-31 Anne Hyde, wife of James II of England (b. 1637)
• 1671-07-14 Méric Casaubon, French-English classical scholar, dies at 71
• 1671-10-26 Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, English politician (b. 1593)
• 1671-11-12 Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59
• 1672-01-15 John Cosin, English clergyman, dies at 77
• 1672-02-19 Charles Chauncy, American clergyman and President of Harvard College (1654-72), dies at 79
• 1672-05-05 Samuel Cooper, English painter (b. 1609)
• 1672-05-11 Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline, Scottish peer, dies at 57
• 1672-05-28 Edward Montagu, 1st Earl of Sandwich, English soldier, admiral and patron of Samuel Pepys, killed at the Battle of Solebay at 46
• 1672-05-28 John Trevor, English politician (b. 1626)
• 1672-06-27 Roger Twysden, English antiquarian and royalist, dies at 74
• 1672-07-03 Francis Willughby, English ornithologist and ichthyologist, dies at 36
• 1672-10-24 John Webb, English architect (b. 1611)
• 1672-11-19 John Wilkins, English Bishop of Chester (b. 1614)
• 1672-12-07 Richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)
• 1673-10-17 Thomas Clifford, English statesman (1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh), dies at 43
• 1673-12-15 Margaret Cavendish, English poet, playwright and philosopher (early science fiction work The Blazing World), dies at about 50
• 1673-12-31 Oliver St John, English statesman and judge
• 1674-02-22 John Wilson, English composer, dies at 78
• 1674-04-18 John Graunt, English statistician & founder of science of demography, dies at 53
• 1674-09-27 Thomas Traherne, English poet and mystic (Roman Forgeries), dies
• 1674-10-15 Robert Herrick, English poet ('Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'), dies at 83

• 1674-12-09 Edward Hyde 1st earl of Clarendon, English PM (1660-67), dies at 65
• 1675-04-12 Richard Bennett, English Colonial Governor of Virginia, dies at 65
• 1675-07-28 Bulstrode Whitelocke, English lawyer (b. 1605)
• 1675-10-26 William Sprague, English co-founder of Charlestown, Massachusetts (b. 1609)
• 1675-11-11 Thomas Willis, English Physician (epidemiology, anatomy of the brain and nervous system), dies at 54
• 1675-11-28 Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English Civil War soldier (c. 1608)
• 1675-12-05 John Lightfoot, English theologist and scholar (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73
• 1676-09-10 Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
• 1676-12-25 Matthew Hale, Lord Chief Justice of England (b. 1609)
• 1676-12-25 William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle, English aristocrat and Royalist general in the English Civil War, dies at 83
• 1677-05-04 Isaac Barrow, English mathematician (b. 1630)
• 1677-05-20 George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (b. 1612)
• 1677-09-11 James Harrington, English political philosopher (b. 1611)
• 1678-08-16 Andrew Marvell, English poet (Definition of Love), overdoses at 57
• 1678-08-28 John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, English soldier (b. 1602)
• 1678-10-12 Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)
• 1679-05-03 James Sharp, English archbishop (assassinated) (b. 1613)
• 1679-07-11 William Chamberlayne, English poet (b. 1619)
• 1679-08-06 John Snell, British royalist, dies at 49 or 50
• 1679-10-12 William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)

• 1680-02-17 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles, English statesman and writer, dies at 81
• 1680-08-20 William Bedloe, English fraudster and Popish Plot informer, dies at 30
• 1680-09-09 Henry Marten, English regicide (b. 1602)
• 1680-09-11 Roger Crab, English Puritan political writer (b. 1621)
• 1680-12-08 Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester, English politician (b. 1606)
• 1681-01-28 Richard Allestree, English royalist churchman (b. 1619)
• 1681-04-09 Alfonso Marsh, English composer and lutenist, dies at 54
• 1681-06-09 William Lilly, English astrologer, dies at 79
• 1681-07-25 Urian Oakes, English-born President of Harvard University (b. 1631)
• 1681-12-22 Richard Alleine, English Puritan clergyman (b. 1611)
• 1682-10-19 Thomas Browne, English philosopher and writer (Garden of Cyrus), dies at 77
• 1682-11-29 Prince Rupert of the Rhine, German soldier, Commander in the English Civil War and first Governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, dies at 62
• 1683-01-15 Philip Warwick, English writer and politician (b. 1609)
• 1683-03-19 Thomas Killigrew, English dramatist (b. 1612)
• 1683-07-13 Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, English statesman (b. 1631)
• 1683-07-21 Lord William Russell, English politician and plotter against Charles II, beheaded at 43
• 1683-08-18 Charles Hart, British Shakespearean actor, dies
• 1683-08-24 John Owen, English non-conformist theologian (b. 1616)
• 1683-09-09 Algernon Sidney, English Whig politician/plotter, beheaded
• 1683-12-07 John Oldham, English satirical poet, dies of smallpox at 30
• 1683-12-15 Izaak Walton, English biographer and author (The Compleat Angler), dies at 90
• 1684-04-05 William Brouncker, English mathematician (Brouncker's formula) and the 1st President of the Royal Society, dies at around 64

• 1684-05-04 John Nevison, English highwayman (b. 1639)
• 1684-07-06 Peter Gunning, English royalist churchman (b. 1614)
• 1685-01-02 Harbottle Grimston, English politician, dies at 82

• 1685-02-24 Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Carlisle, English politician and military leader (b. 1629)
• 1685-07-28 Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, English statesman (b. 1618)
• 1685-12-12 John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)
• 1686-02-10 William Dugdale, English antiquarian and Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies at 80
• 1686-04-06 Arthur Annesley, 1st Earl of Anglesey, English royalist statesman, dies at 71
• 1686-06-23 William Coventry, English statesman
• 1686-07-10 John Fell, English churchman (b. 1625)
• 1686-07-16 John Pearson, English theologian (b. 1612)
• 1686-10-26 John Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician, dies at 63
• 1687-09-01 Henry More, English philosopher (b. 1614)
• 1687-10-21 Edmund Waller, English poet/plotter (Waller's plot), dies
• 1687-11-14 Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn, English mistress of King Charles II of England, dies from apoplexy at 37
• 1687-12-16 William Petty, English political economist and statistician (Treatise of Taxes and Contributions), dies at 64
• 1688-07-21 James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier (b. 1610)
• 1688-10-06 Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman, dies at 35
• 1689-01-06 Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
• 1689-03-18 John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
• 1689-04-16 Aphra Behn, English dramatist and novelist, dies at 48
• 1689-07-08 Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
• 1689-12-29 Thomas Sydenham, English physician and author of "Observationes Medicae", dies at 65

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