1694 in England

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Events from the year 1694 in England.

Incumbents

• Monarch – William III, jointly with Mary II (until 28 December), then as sole monarch (starting 28 December)

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]
• June – Henry Every leads a bloodless mutiny aboard the privateer Charles II in Spain.
• 27 July – the Bank of England is established by Royal charter following a proposal by Scottish-born merchant 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 Meeting of Parliament Act (Triennial Act) requiring general elections every three years and an annual meeting.[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.
• The Million Lottery, the first state lottery, is drawn.[4]

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 of England, Scotland and Ireland (born 1662)[5]

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.
4. "Lottery Office records". The National Archives. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
5. "Mary II | Biography & Accomplishments | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 May 2022.