1678 in England

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Events from the year 1678 in the Kingdom of England.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

[edit] Events

• 18 February - John Bunyan publishes his novel, The Pilgrim's Progress. ^[1]
• 6 September - Titus Oates begins to present allegations of the "Popish Plot", a Catholic conspiracy to assassinate king Charles II.
• 17 October - Magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Primrose Hill, London. Titus Oates claims it as a proof of his allegations.

[edit] Births

• July - Thomas Hearne, antiquarian (died 1735)
• 16 September - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman and philosopher (died 1751)
• 8 December - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, diplomat (died 1757)
• 14 December - Daniel Neal, historian (died 1743)
• 30 December - William Croft, composer (died 1727)

[edit] Deaths

• 16 August - Andrew Marvell, writer (born 1621)
• 28 August - John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, soldier (born 1602)
• 12 October - Edmund Berry Godfrey, magistrate (born 1621)
• 1 November - William Coddington, first Governor of Rhode Island (born 1601)

[edit] References