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England in 1699

Historical records for England in 1699, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

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7Events
5Named people
3Places
3Categories

Historical records

February

February 1699Treaty of PartitionWilliam III of Orange

London · Government / Government of England

William III of Orange reopens partition negotiations after the death of Joseph Ferdinand destroys the first proposed settlement of the Spanish succession.

April

25 April 1699Billingsgate Market CommitteeJohn Churchill Marlborough, 1st

London · Government / Government of England

Is appointed to help prepare the Lords' reasons for insisting on their amendment to the Billingsgate Market bill.

Other Events

1699Army Reduction DisputeWilliam III of Orange

London · Government / Government of England

William III of Orange clashes with Parliament over the size of the peacetime army after the end of the Nine Years' War.

1699Death of Henry SomersetHenry Somerset Beaufort, 1st

Badminton · House / House of Somerset

Death of Henry Somerset

1699DismissalThomas Osbourne Danby, 1st

London · Government / Government of England

Dismissed from all offices

1699Dutch Guards DisbandedWilliam III of Orange

England · Government / Government of England

Parliament forces William III of Orange to reduce forces and remove much of his Dutch military establishment from England after the war.

1699PeerageAnthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 3rd

House / House of Ashley-Cooper

Created Earl of Shaftesbury, 3rd

Names involved

Anthony Ashley-Cooper Shaftesbury, 3rdHenry Somerset Beaufort, 1stJohn Churchill Marlborough, 1stThomas Osbourne Danby, 1stWilliam III of Orange

Places involved

BadmintonEnglandLondon

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varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.