1693 in England

April 2021 1693 Events from the year 1693 in England. Incumbents Monarchs – William III and Mary II Events 8 February – the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England. March – William Congreve's first play, the comedy The Old Bachelor, is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama 4 Stanley Hochman 542 17 June (27 June New Style) – Nine Years' War: The French fleet defeats the joint Dutch and English fleet at the Battle of Lagos off Portugal. 19 July (29 July New Style) – Nine Years' War: The Dutch-English army led personally by King William III of England is defeated by the French (with Irish Jacobite mercenaries) at the Battle of Landen near Neerwinden in Flemish Brabant. October – Congreve's comedy The Double Dealer is first performed at Drury Lane.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 198–200 0-7126-5616-2 Undated Bromsgrove School endowed by Sir Thomas Cookes. The Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel is discovered at North Petherton in Somerset. Financier Richard Hoare relocates Hoare's Bank (founded 1672) from Cheapside to Fleet Street in London. Publications 27 February – 17 March – John Dunton publishes The Ladies' Mercury, the first periodical specifically for women. John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education.Hugh Cunningham Re-inventing childhood http://www.open2.net/theinventionofchildhood/childhood_inventions.html open2.net Open University 16 June 2010 William Penn's proposal for European federation Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe. Vertue Rewarded – anonymous Irish novel, printed in London Births 4 February – George Lillo, playwright (died 1739) 24 February – James Quin, actor (died 1766) 24 March – John Harrison, clockmaker (died 1776) 3 April – George Edwards, naturalist (died 1773) 21 July – Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1768) 21 September – Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1768) Deaths 2 June – John Wildman, soldier and politician (born c. 1621) 12 July – John Ashby, admiral (born c. 1640) 24 November – William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1617) References 1693 Category:Years of the 17th century in England England