1692 in England

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Events from the year 1692 in England.

Incumbents

• Monarchs – William III and Mary II
• Parliament – 2nd of William and Mary

Events

• 19 February – Princess Anne leaves the court after quarrelling with her sister, Queen Mary.[1]
• 2 May – first performance of Henry Purcell's semi-opera The Fairy-Queen at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in London.
• 5 May – Queen Mary orders the imprisonment of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for alleged treasonous support of the Jacobites.[1]
• 29 May–4 June – War of the Grand Alliance: The threat of a French invasion of England is diminished by victory at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue.[2]
• 3 August – War of the Grand Alliance: the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic led by King William III of England are defeated at the Battle of Steenkerque.[2]
• 8 September – an earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.[3]
• 22 November – first performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia.[4]

Undated

• c.200 collier ships are wrecked in a storm off Winterton Ness with the loss of around a thousand lives.[5]
• Lloyd's coffee house in London becomes the main office for marine insurance.[1]

Births

• 29 February – John Byrom, poet (died 1763)
• 18 May – Joseph Butler, bishop and philosopher (died 1752)
• 3 August – John Henley, minister (died 1759)

Deaths

• 18 May – Elias Ashmole, antiquarian (born 1617)
• c. November? – Edmund Ludlow, last surviving regicide, exiled in Switzerland (born c. 1617)
• 19 November – Thomas Shadwell, poet and playwright (born c. 1642)
• 9 December – William Mountfort, actor and playwright (born c. 1664)

References

1. Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 198–200. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 286. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
3. Stratton, J. M. (1969). Agricultural Records. John Baker. ISBN 0-212-97022-4.
4. Gentleman's Journal, November 1692, cited in Rimbault's edition, London: Musical Antiquarian Society Publications, 1848, p. 2.
5. Defoe, Daniel. A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain.