1679 in England

1679 The following events occurred in the Kingdom of England in the year 1679. Incumbents Monarch – Charles II Events 24 January – King Charles II dismisses the Cavalier Parliament after nearly 18 yearsWilliams Hywel Cassell's Chronology of World History https://archive.org/details/cassellschronolo0000will/page/278 registration London Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2005 0-304-35730-8 278–279 in an attempt to avoid the impeachment of Lord Danby by the House of Commons. 6 March–27 May – Charles II's third parliament (the "Habeas Corpus Parliament" or "First Exclusion Parliament") meets and is led by the Privy Council Ministry. 15 May – Exclusion Crisis: The supporters of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, introduce an Exclusion Bill into the House of Commons with the aim of excluding the king's brother, the Catholic James, Duke of York, from the succession to the English throne. 27 May – Parliament passes the Habeas Corpus Act "for the better securing the liberty of the subject" and is then prorogued. 22 June – Battle of Bothwell Bridge in Scotland: Royal forces led by the Duke of Monmouth and John Graham of Claverhouse subdue the Scottish Covenanters. 12 July – Exclusion Crisis: the "Habeas Corpus Parliament" is dissolved while in recess by Royal prerogative to prevent it passing the Exclusion Bill.http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/parliamentary_history_part_1/Dates-of-Parliaments.aspx Dates of Parliaments adam-matthew-publications.co.uk dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081006064823/http://www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk/digital_guides/parliamentary_history_part_1/Dates-of-Parliaments.aspx 2008-10-06 Joseph Robson Tanner English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century 1928 https://books.google.com/books?id=P-s3AAAAIAAJ&pg=PR8 viii 9780521065986 24 July – Charles II's fourth parliament (the "Exclusion Bill Parliament") is summoned, but prorogued until 1680. September – Charles II forces the Duke of Monmouth, his illegitimate son, into exile in the Dutch Republic.Harris Tim October 2009 2004 24879 Scott [Crofts], James, duke of Monmouth and first duke of Buccleuch (1649–1685) 17 November – The Green Ribbon Club, a predecessor of the Whigs, organises a procession to burn an effigy of the Pope in London.The Pope-Burning Processions of the Late Seventeenth Century O. W. Furley History 44 1959 16–23 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24403789 2022-07-27 27 November – The Duke of Monmouth returns (without royal permission) from exile and is greeted in London by widespread celebration from those who consider him a potential Protestant heir to the throne.James Scott https://www.wrongsideoftheblanket.com/james-scott-duke-of-monmouth The Wrong Side of the Blanket 2022-07-27 Undated – Bristol Baptist College, the world's first Baptist College, is founded by local merchant Edward Terrill. Approximate date – first bagnio opens in London.Ian Gordon Simon Inglis Simon Inglis Great Lengths: the historic indoor swimming pools of Britain Swindon English Heritage 2009 978-1-90562-452-2 21 Births 18 March – Matthew Decker, merchant and writer (died 1749) 21 March – Benedict Calvert, 4th Baron Baltimore, politician (died 1715) 23 June – Sir Cholmeley Dering, 4th Baronet, politician (died 1711) 29 September – Thomas Chubb, Deist (died 1747) Deaths 3 January – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, soldier and politician (born 1608) 24 January – William Ireland, martyr (born 1636) 23 February – Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, philosopher (born 1631) 27 February (bur.) – Joan Carlile, professional portrait painter (born c. 1606) 3 May – James Sharp, archbishop (assassinated) (born 1613) 2 June – Hannah Ayscough, mother of Isaac Newton (born 1623) 11 July – William Chamberlayne, poet (born 1619) 17 July – James Duport, scholar (born 1606) 19 July – John Plessington, martyr (born c. 1637) 6 August – John Snell, royalist (born 1629) 22 August John Kemble, priest and martyr (born 1599) John Wall, priest and martyr (born 1620) September – John Mayow, chemist and physiologist (born 1643) 2 September – Thomas Modyford, colonial governor (born c. 1620) 29 September – John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, Earl (born 1604) 12 October – William Gurnall, writer (born 1617) 26 October – Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, soldier, statesman and dramatist (born 1621) 4 December – Thomas Hobbes, philosopher (born 1588) 26 December – Thomas Blount, lexicographer (born 1618) Late December – Praise-God Barebone, Fifth Monarchist (born c. 1598) William Goffe, parliamentarian and regicide, in New England (born c. 1605) John Hayls, portrait painter (born 1600) References 1679 Category:Years of the 17th century in England England