1682 in England

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Events from the year 1682 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

• Monarch - Charles II

Events

• 11 March - Work begins on construction of the Royal Hospital Chelsea for old soldiers in London.^[1]
• 25 August - Following the Bideford witch trial, three women become the last known to be hanged for witchcraft in England, at Exeter.^[2]
• September - Halley's Comet makes an appearance, and is observed by Edmond Halley himself.
• 20 September - The Duke of Monmouth is arrested in Stafford for riotous behaviour.
• 19 November - Fire at Wapping makes 1,500 homeless.^[3]
• 20 November - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury flees to Holland, after being accused of planning a coup against King Charles II.^[3]

Births

• 16 April - John Hadley, inventor (died 1744)
• 10 July - Roger Cotes, mathematician (died 1716)
• 21 December (approx.) - 'Calico Jack' Rackham, pirate (hanged 1720)

Deaths

• 12 February - Thomas Thynne, landowner and politician (born 1647/1648)
• 19 October - Sir Thomas Browne author, physician and philosopher (born 1605)
• 19 November - Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Royalist commander in the English Civil War (born 1619)

References

1. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
2. Gent, Frank J. (1982). The Trial of the Bideford Witches. Bideford.
3. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 194–196. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.

See also