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England in 1671

Historical records for England in 1671, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

9Records
8Events
6Named people
2Places
6Categories

Historical records

May

5 May 1671Death of Edward MontaguEdward Montagu Manchester, 2nd

Warfare / Civil War

Death of Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

9 May 1671Arrest of Thomas BloodThomas Blood

Tower of London · House / House of Stewart

Thomas Blood is arrested for attempting to steal the crown jewels & released

9 May 1671Crown JewelsThomas Blood

Tower of London · House / House of Stewart

Thomas Blood is arrested for attempting to steal the crown jewels & released

Other Events

1671Death of James IIJames II

London · Warfare / Anglo-Dutch Wars, 3rd

James wife Anne the Duchess of York dies

1671Death of Thomas FairfaxThomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rd

House / House of Fairfax

Death of Thomas Fairfax

1671Paradise LostJohn Milton

London · Arts / Literature

Paradise Regained is published, continuing Milton's religious epic poetry after Paradise Lost.

1671Paradise RegainedJohn Milton

Arts / Literature

Publication of "Paradise Regained" written at the suggestion of Thomas Ellwood

1671Paradise RegainedJohn Milton

London · Arts / Literature

Paradise Regained is published, continuing Milton's religious epic poetry after Paradise Lost.

1671Secretary of NavyThomas Osbourne Danby, 1st

Warfare / Military

Appointed Secretary of the Navy

Names involved

Edward Montagu Manchester, 2ndJames IIJohn MiltonThomas BloodThomas Fairfax Cameron, 3rdThomas Osbourne Danby, 1st

Places involved

LondonTower of London

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.