1671 in England

1671 Events from the year 1671 in England. Incumbents Monarch – Charles II Events thumb|Colonel Blood Stealing the Crown Jewels by Henry Perronet Briggs February – Nell Gwyn retires from the stage and moves into a brick townhouse at 79 Pall Mall, London.Sheppard, F. H. W. No. 79 Pall Mall: Nell Gwynne's house Survey of London vol. 29–30 St James Westminster, Pt 1 377–378 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=40600 1960 2013-07-12 13 March – The Parliament of England addresses the King against the growth of popery.Moody, T. W. A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History Oxford University Press 1989 978-0-19-821744-2 etal 22 March – The Sabine baronetcy is created for John Sabine. 31 March – The Royal Navy launches 102-gun HMS Royal James at Portsmouth Royal Dockyard, its first warship to have a frame reinforced by iron bars rather than an all wooden ship, an innovation by naval architect Anthony Deane. c. 23 April – First record of ice cream being served in England, to the King at Windsor.Recorded by Elias Ashmole in 1672. Davidson Alan Alan Davidson (food writer) The Oxford Companion to Food The Oxford Companion to Food 2014 Jaine, Tom 978-0-19-967733-7 3rd Oxford University Press 890807357 403 9 May – "Colonel" Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of LondonPenguin Pocket On This Day Penguin Reference Library 0-14-102715-0 2006 but is caught before he can get away with the loot. He is later condemned to death and then pardoned and exiled by King Charles II. 6 September – The Royal Court dispatches a letter to the "King of Formosa" (Zheng Jing, ruler of the Kingdom of Tungning) confirming that English ships will be welcome to trade at the "City of Tywan" (Taipei on the island of Taiwan). 9 November – The Duke of York's Theatre is opened at Dorset Garden in London by the players of the Duke's Company.Carter, Tim Butt, John Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music 2005 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-79273-8 Chronology Rose, Stephen https://books.google.com/books?id=mHJvKVq0vXoC&pg=PA533 Late – French lady-in-waiting Louise de Kérouaille becomes a mistress to the King.Jenny Uglow Jenny Uglow A Gambling Man London Faber 2010 2009 978-0-571-21734-2 509 Publications John Milton's epic poem Paradise Regained.Palmer Alan Palmer Veronica 1992 The Chronology of British History Century Ltd London 191–192 0-7126-5616-2 Births 26 February – Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (died 1713) 6 November – Colley Cibber, poet laureate, playwright and actor-manager (died 1757) 15 November (bapt.) – Anne Bracegirdle, actress (died 1748) Deaths 31 March – Anne Hyde, wife of the future James II of England (born 1637) 5 May – Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, politician (born 1602) 14 July – Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599) 26 October – Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1593) 12 November – Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Civil War general (born 1612) References 1671 Category:Years of the 17th century in England England