1691 in England

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See also: Other events of 1691

Centuries: 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th Decades: 1670s 1680s 1690s 1700s 1710s

Events from the year 1691 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

Co-monarchs - William III and Mary II

April - John Tillotson enthroned as Archbishop of Canterbury.

9 April - A fire at the Palace of Whitehall in London destroys its Stone Gallery.

June - First performance of the semi-opera King Arthur with a libretto by John Dryden and music by Henry Purcell.

18 September - War of the Grand Alliance: English and Dutch forces defeated by the French at the Battle of Leuze.

3 October - The Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War in Ireland. The Flight of the Wild Geese — the departure of the Jacobite army — follows.

27 February - Edward Cave, editor and publisher (died 1754)

29 September - Richard Challoner, Catholic prelate (died 1781)

1 October - Arthur Onslow, politician (died 1768)

13 January - George Fox, founder of the Quakers (born 1624)

17 January - Richard Lower, physician (born 1631)

11 May - John Birch, soldier (born 1615)

9 October - William Sacheverell, statesman (born 1638)

8 December - Richard Baxter, clergyman (born 1615)

probable - Elizabeth Polwheele, playwright (born c. 1651)

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