1691 in England
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Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Co-monarchs - William III and Mary II
Events
- April - John Tillotson enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.
- 9 April - A fire at the Palace of Whitehall in London destroys its Stone Gallery.
- June - First performance of the semi-opera King Arthur with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell.[1]
- 18 September - War of the Grand Alliance: English and Dutch forces defeated by the French at the Battle of Leuze.
- 3 October - The Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War in Ireland. The Flight of the Wild Geese — the departure of the Jacobite army — follows.
Births
- 27 February - Edward Cave, editor and publisher (died 1754)
- 29 September - Richard Challoner, Catholic prelate (died 1781)
- 1 October - Arthur Onslow, politician (died 1768)
Deaths
- 13 January - George Fox, founder of the Quakers (born 1624)
- 17 January - Richard Lower, physician (born 1631)
- 11 May - John Birch, soldier (born 1615)
- 9 October - William Sacheverell, statesman (born 1638)
- 8 December - Richard Baxter, clergyman (born 1615)
- probable - Elizabeth Polwheele, playwright (born c. 1651)
References
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