1694 in England

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Events from the year 1694 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

• Monarch - William III, jointly with Mary II until 28 December, then as sole monarch.

Events

• 1 March - The HMS Sussex treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives.
• May - The First Whig Junto is appointed to government.^[1]
• 27 July - The Bank of England is established by Royal charter following a proposal by William Paterson;^[2] John Houblon becomes its first Governor.
• 5 September - Great Fire of Warwick.
• 25 October - Queen Mary II founds the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.^[3]
• 3 December - Parliament passes the Triennial Act requiring general elections every three years.^[1]
• 28 December - With the death of Queen Mary II (aged 32) from smallpox at Kensington Palace, King William III becomes sole monarch.^[1]
• Notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal in the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard.

Publications

• Mary Astell's (anonymous) argument for the promotion of female education A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest.
• "N.H."'s The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English is published by John Dunton.

Births

• 25 April - Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, architect (died 1753)
• 22 September - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, statesman and man of letters (died 1773)
• 25 September - Henry Pelham, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1754)

Deaths

• 2 January - Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington, politician (born 1651)
• 7 January - Charles Gerard, 1st Earl of Macclesfield (born c. 1618)
• 17 June - Philip Howard, Roman Catholic Cardinal (born 1629)
• 22 November - John Tillotson, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1630)
• 28 December - Queen Mary II (born 1662)

References

1. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
2. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
3. "Greenwich Hospital". Retrieved 2012-03-07.

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