1671 in England
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Events from the year 1671 in the Kingdom of England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II
Events
- 13 March - The Parliament of England addresses the King against the growth of popery.[1]
- 9 May - Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.[2] He is immediately caught because he is too drunk to run with the loot. He would later be condemned to death and then mysteriously pardoned and exiled by King Charles II.
Publications
- John Milton's epic poem Paradise Regained.[3]
Births
- 26 February - Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury, English politician and philosopher (died 1713)
- 11 June - Colley Cibber, English poet (died 1757)
Deaths
- 31 March - Anne Hyde, wife of the future James II of England (born 1637)
- 5 May - Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, politician (born 1602)
- 14 July - Méric Casaubon, classical scholar (born 1599)
- 26 October - Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, politician (born 1593)
- 12 November - Thomas Fairfax, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, Civil War general (born 1612)
