1694 in England

1694 Events from the year 1694 in England. Incumbents Monarch – William III, jointly with Mary II (until 28 December), then as sole monarch (starting 28 December) Events 1 March – British flagship Sussex 1693 (carrying gold coin) and twelve other ships are wrecked in a storm in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives. May – the First Whig Junto is appointed to government.Williams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 June – Henry Every leads a bloodless mutiny aboard the privateer Charles II in Spain. 27 July – the Bank of England is established by Royal charter following a proposal by Scottish-born merchant William Paterson;Penguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 John Houblon becomes its first Governor. 5 September – Great Fire of Warwick. 25 October – Queen Mary II founds the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.Greenwich Hospital http://www.grenhosp.org.uk/ 2012-03-07 3 December – Parliament passes the Meeting of Parliament Act (Triennial Act) requiring general elections every three years and an annual meeting. 28 December – with the death of Queen Mary II (aged 32) from smallpox at Kensington Palace, King William III becomes sole monarch. Notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal in the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard. The Million Lottery, the first state lottery, is drawn.Lottery Office records https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C1027 The National Archives 2023-10-18 Publications Mary Astell's (anonymous) argument for the promotion of female education A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest. "N.H."'s The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English is published by John Dunton. Births 25 April – Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect (died 1753) 22 September – Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, statesman and man of letters (died 1773) 25 September – Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1754) Deaths 2 January – Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, politician (born 1651) 7 January – Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (born c. 1618) 17 June – Philip Howard, Roman Catholic Cardinal (born 1629) 22 November – John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1630) 28 December – Queen Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1662)Mary II Biography & Accomplishments Britannica https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mary-II www.britannica.com 4 May 2022 en References 1694 Category:Years of the 17th century in England England