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List of events
Events from the year
1679 in
England .
Incumbents
Events
24 January –
King Charles II dismisses the
Cavalier Parliament after nearly 18 years
[1] 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 .
[1]
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"
[1] 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.
[2]
[3]
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 .
[4]
17 November – The
Green Ribbon Club , a predecessor of the
Whigs , organises a procession to burn an effigy of the
Pope in London.
[5]
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.
[6]
Undated –
Bristol
Baptist College, the world's first Baptist College, is founded by local merchant Edward Terrill.
Approximate date – first
bagnio opens in London.
[7]
Births
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
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