1662 in England
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Events from the year 1662 in England.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles II
Events
- 17 March – two old women are hanged after being found guilty of witchcraft at the Bury St. Edmunds witch trial.
- 9 May – Samuel Pepys witnesses a Punch and Judy show in London, the first on record.
- 14 May – Catherine of Braganza lands at Portsmouth.[1]
- 19 May – passage of Act of Uniformity 1662, approval of 1662 Book of Common Prayer
- 16 May – hearth tax is introduced in England, Wales and Scotland.
- 21 May – Anglican ceremony the day after they first meet.[1]
- 15 July – the Royal Society receives its royal charter.
- 23 August – an extravagant pageant on the River Thames greets the arrival of Charles II and his new queen Catherine of Braganza on their arrival at the Palace of Whitehall from Hampton Court.[1]
- 24 August – the established church.
- 27 October – Charles II sells Dunkirk to France for £400 000 (2.5 million livres).[3]
Undated
- John Graunt, in one of the earliest uses of statistics, publishes information about births and deaths in London.
- The second edition of Boyle's Law.
- The Poor Relief Act 1662 ("Settlement and Removal Act") is passed, setting out principles for establishing the parish to which a person belongs (their place of 'settlement'), which would be responsible should they become in need of Poor Relief.
- The Licensing of the Press Act is passed, restricting London printers to a total of 24. Books printed abroad are prohibited. Roger L'Estrange is granted a warrant to seize seditious books or pamphlets.
Births
- 6 January – Robert Sutton, 2nd Baron Lexinton, diplomat (died 1723)
- 9 January – John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (died 1711)
- 27 January – Richard Bentley, classical scholar (died 1742)
- 10 March – Francis Pierrepont, politician (died 1693)
- 9 April – Edward Hawarden, Catholic theologian (died 1735)
- 30 April – Mary II of England, Scotland and Ireland, queen regnant (died 1694)[4]
- 18 May – George Smalridge, Bishop of Bristol (died 1719)
- 7 June – Celia Fiennes, traveller (died 1741)[5]
- 18 June – Charles FitzRoy, 2nd Duke of Cleveland, illegitimate son of Charles II, courtier (died 1730)
- 1 July – John Dolben, politician (died 1710)
- 13 August – Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, politician (died 1748)
- 6 October – William Walsh, poet, critic, correspondent and Member of Parliament (died 1708)
- 17 October – Arthur Rawdon, Member of Parliament (died 1695)
- 18 October – Matthew Henry, Presbyterian minister (died 1714)
- 11 November
- John Chesshyre, lawyer (died 1738)
- Alexander Pendarves, politician (died 1726)
- 26 November – John Hudson, classical scholar (died 1719)
- 17 December – Samuel Wesley, poet and clergyman (died 1735)
- unknown date – Charles Montagu, 1st Duke of Manchester (died 1722)
Deaths
- 13 February – Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (born 1596 in Scotland)[6]
- 14 April – William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, statesman (born 1582)
- 19 April – Miles Corbet, Puritan politician (born 1595)
- 22 April – John Tradescant the younger, botanist and gardener (born 1608)
- 8 May – Peter Heylin, ecclesiastical writer (born 1599)
- 14 June – Henry Vane the Younger, Governor of Massachusetts (born 1613)
- 3 September – William Lenthall, politician (born 1591)
- 20 September – John Gauden, bishop and writer (born 1605)
- 22 September – John Biddle, Unitarian theologian (born 1615)
- 21 October – Henry Lawes, composer (born 1595)
References
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- ^ Munsell, Joel (1858). The Every Day Book of History and Chronology. D. Appleton & Co.
- ^ "Correspondence and papers of the first Duke of Ormonde, chiefly on Irish and English public affairs: ref. MS. Carte 218, fol(s). 5 – date: 26 December 1662" (Description of contents of carte papers). Oxford: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts. 2006. Retrieved 2007-10-17.
- ^ "Mary II | Biography & Accomplishments | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
- ^ "June 7th 1662. Birth of Celia Fiennes". History Today LXII:6 (June 2012) p. 9.
- ^ "Elizabeth Stuart | Facts, Family, & Queen of Bohemia | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.