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Events from the year 1679 in the Kingdom of England.
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- 3 January - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, soldier and politician (born 1608)
- 24 January - William Ireland, martyr (born 1636)
- 3 May - James Sharp, archbishop (assassinated) (born 1613)
- 11 July - William Chamberlayne, poet (born 1619)
- 17 July - James Duport, scholar (born 1606)
- 19 July - John Plessington, martyr (born c.1637)
- 6 August - John Snell, royalist (born 1629)
- 22 August - John Kemble, martyr (born 1599)
- September - John Mayow, chemist and physiologist (born 1643)
- 2 September - Thomas Modyford, colonial governor (born c.1620)
- 29 September - John Manners, 8th Earl of Rutland, Earl (born 1604)
- 12 October - William Gurnall, writer (born 1617)
- 26 October - Roger Boyle, 1st Earl of Orrery, soldier, statesman and dramatist (born 1621)
- 4 December - Thomas Hobbes, philosopher (born 1588)
- Hannah Ayscough, mother of Isaac Newton (born 1623)
- Praise-God Barebone, Fifth Monarchist (born c.1598)
- Thomas Blount, lexicographer (born 1618)
- Anne Conway, Viscountess Conway, philosopher (born 1631)
- William Goffe, parliamentarian (born c. 1605)
- John Hayls, painter (born 1600)
- John Wall, martyr (born 1620)
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 278–279. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
[edit] See also
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