1698 in England

1698 Events from the year 1698 in England. Incumbents Monarch – William III Events 4 January – the Palace of Whitehall is destroyed by fire.The London Encyclopaedia Ben Weinreb Ben Weinreb Hibbert, Christopher Christopher Hibbert Macmillan 1995 0-333-57688-8 287 11 January–21 April – Czar Peter I of Russia visits England as part of his Grand Embassy, making a particular study of shipbuilding.http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/28.htm January 28th Chambers' Book of Days 2007-12-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20071217212219/http://www.thebookofdays.com/months/jan/28.htm 17 December 2007 March – Jeremy Collier's pamphlet A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage is published. 24 June – abolition of the Royal African Company's monopoly is confirmed under terms of the Trade with Africa Act 1697, opening the slave trade to any merchant. 25 July – engineer Thomas Savery obtains a patent for a steam pump.E. I. Carlyle Savery, Thomas (1650?–1715) Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Oxford University Press 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24733 2011-11-05 10.1093/ref:odnb/24733 July–August – general election results in victory for the New Country Tories.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 200–201 0-7126-5616-2 11 October – Treaty of the Hague signed between France, England and Holland.The Pocket Date Book https://archive.org/details/pocketdatebooko00categoog Chapman and Hall William L. R. Cates William Leist Readwin Cates 1863 14 November – first Eddystone Lighthouse illuminated.Fred Majdalany The Red Rocks of Eddystone London Longmans 1959 49 Undated Piracy Act ("An Act for the more effectuall Suppressions of Piracy") passed. Popery Act enforces penalties against Roman Catholic priests. Reverend Thomas Bray founds the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Thermal springs discovered at Matlock Bath in Derbyshire.Matlock & Matlock Bath: Water Cures Matlock & Matlock Bath The Andrews Pages http://www.pd65.dial.pipex.com/matlock/water.htm 2010-06-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20120414214527/http://www.pd65.dial.pipex.com/matlock/water.htm April 14, 2012 The widow Bourne sets up the business which becomes Berry Brothers and Rudd in London. They will still be operating as wine merchants in the 21st century.Berry Bros. & Rudd History – Key Dates http://www.bbr.com/about/history-key-dates Berry Bros. & Rudd 2010-11-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20100721215802/http://www.bbr.com/about/history-key-dates 2010-07-21 dead Shepherd Neame Brewery established under this name in Faversham. Births 10 January? – Richard Savage, poet (died 1743) 8 May – Henry Baker, naturalist (died 1774) 26 September – William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire (died 1755) 24 December – William Warburton, critic and Bishop of Gloucester (died 1779) Deaths 24 January – William Holder, music theorist (born 1616) 7 February – Richard Adams, theologian (born c. 1626) 29 April – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the Admiralty (born 1655) 25 August – Fleetwood Sheppard, courtier and literary wit (born 1634) 3 September – Sir Robert Howard, playwright, poet and politician (born 1626) 13 September (bur.) – John Huddleston, Benedictine priest (born 1608) 1 October – Richard Frankland, dissenter (born 1630) Unknown date – Nicholas Barbon, economist (born c. 1640) References 1698 Category:Years of the 17th century in England England