1697 in England explained
Events from the year 1697 in England.
Incumbents
Events
Publications
Births
- 10 November – William Hogarth, artist (died 1764)
Deaths
- 28 January – Sir John Fenwick, Jacobite conspirator, beheaded (born c. 1645)
- 27 March – Simon Bradstreet, colonial magistrate (born 1603)
- 8 May – Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Baronet, politician (born 1634)
- 7 June – John Aubrey, antiquary and memoirist (born 1626)
- 10 June – Francis Pemberton, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench (born 1624)
- 12 June – Ann Baynard, natural philosopher (born 1672)
- 19 June – Henry Mordaunt, 2nd Earl of Peterborough, diplomat (born 1621)
- 18 July – Thomas Dolman, politician (born 1622)
- 8 November – Samuel Enys, politician (born 1611)
- Undated – Mary Speke, nonconformist patron and political activist (born c. 1625)
- Probable year – Gilbert Clerke, mathematician, natural philosopher and theologian (born 1626)
Notes and References
- Book: Simons, Paul. Since Records Began. London. Collins. 2008. 978-0-00-728463-4. 3–4.
- Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. registration. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 287.
- Book: The London Encyclopaedia. Ben. Weinreb. Ben Weinreb. Christopher. Hibbert. Christopher Hibbert. Macmillan. 1995. 0-333-57688-8. 780.
- Book: Palmer, Alan. Palmer. Veronica. 1992. The Chronology of British History. Century Ltd. London. 200–201. 0-7126-5616-2.