1693 in England
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Events from the year 1693 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Co-Monarchs - William III and Mary II
Events
- 8 February - The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, is granted a Royal charter from King William III and Queen Mary II of England.
- March - William Congreve's first play, the comedy The Old Bachelor, is performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.[1]
- 17 June (27 June New Style) - Nine Years' War: The French fleet defeats the joint Dutch and English fleet at the Battle of Lagos off Portugal.
- 19 July (29 July New Style) - Nine Years' War: The Dutch-English army led personally by King William III of England is defeated by the French (with Irish Jacobite mercenaries) at the Battle of Landen near Neerwinden in Flemish Brabant.
- October - Congreve's comedy The Double Dealer is first performed at Drury Lane.[1][2]
Undated
- Bromsgrove School endowed by Sir Thomas Cookes.
- The Anglo-Saxon Alfred Jewel is discovered at North Petherton in Somerset.
- Financier Richard Hoare relocates Hoare's Bank (founded 1672) from Cheapside to Fleet Street in London.
Publications
- 27 February–17 March - John Dunton publishes The Ladies' Mercury, the first periodical specifically for women.
- John Locke's Some Thoughts Concerning Education.[2][3]
- William Penn's proposal for European federation Essay on the Present and Future Peace of Europe.[2]
- Vertue rewarded, or The Irish princess.[4]
Births
- 4 February - George Lillo, playwright (died 1739)
- 24 February - James Quin, actor (died 1766)
- 24 March - John Harrison, clockmaker (died 1776)
- 3 April - George Edwards, naturalist (died 1773)
- 21 July - Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Prime Minister of Great Britain (died 1768)
- 21 September - Thomas Secker, Archbishop of Canterbury (died 1768)
Deaths
- 2 June - John Wildman, soldier and politician (born c. 1621)
- 12 July - John Ashby, admiral (born c. 1640)
- 24 November - William Sancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (born 1616)
