Denmark [George]prince of, took the oaths of lord high admiral of Great Britain, July 1, 1707. died at Kenfington, Oct. 28, and was buried at Westminster, Nov. 11, 1708. Derby, the countefs of, defended Lothamhouse against 3000 men, March 25, 1644. furrendered, Dec. 4, 1646. Drbey had a new charter, 1682. Derby earl of, joined Charles II. was taken prifoner, and beheaded at Bolton in Lancashire, Oct. 19, 1651. Defmond, the eleventh earl of, the famous rebel, taken and executed, 1583.. Devizes taken by Cromwell, Oct. 11, 1645. Dilkes, admiral, deftroyed 40 fail of fhips, on the coaft of Normandy, July 22, 1703. Directory,Prefbyterian, established, Jan. 10, 1644-5 Diffenters firft feparated themselves from the church of England, 1571. meeting-houfes pulled down and burnt by the mob, March 1, 1709-10. Dixmond furrendered to the French, July 28, 1695. Domingo St. plundered by Sir Francis Drake, 1584. Donawest taken by the Confederates under Marlborough, July 2, 1704. Doomefday-book, the origin of, 900. brought to a much greater perfection, 1065. compleated by William the Conqueror, 1080. Dorchefter received 200,000l. damage by a fire, Aug. 7, 1613. Dover pier built, 1539. fortified, 1544. Doway taken by the Confederates, June 26, 1710. Drake's, Capt. Francis, first voyage round the world, in 3 years, 1580. plundered St. Domingo, took Carthagena, and at the fame time brought to England the first tobacco, 1585. destroyed and took many Spanish ships near Cadiz, in which port he burnt above 100 fail of ships, 1587. affifted at the defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588. with a fleet of fhips made a descent in Spain and Portugal, 1589. made a fruitless attempt on the Ifthmus of Darien, in the Weft-Indies, where he died, 1595. Drefs the excefs of forbid by law, 1465. Drinking to excess reftricted by a law, 975. Drunkenness in the clergy forbid by a law, 741. punifhed in five fhillings fine, or the ftocks, 1605. Drogheda, in Ireland, furrendered to the Parliament, June 16, 1647. taken by ftorm by Cromwell, who put the whole garrifon to the fword, Aug. 14, 1649. Dublin univerfity founded, 1319. improved 1591. furrendered to the English Parliament's forces, June 17, 1647. befieged by the duke of Ormond, and relieved by Cromwell, Aug. 13, 1649. caftle burnt, April 7, 1684. university received 500l. benefaction from queen Anne, 1710. Duelling with small fwords first introduced into England, 1588. Dugdale William died, 1685. Duke the first created in England, 1337. Dumfries taken by the English, 1544. Dunkirk furrendered to the English, June 17, 1658. delivered up, 1662. bombarded without fuccefs by the English, Sept. 9, 1694. again, 1695. delivered to the English to be demolifhed, 1712. Dunftable priory founded, 1132. Dunstan, abbot of Glastonbury, 948. Durham bishopric established at Landisferne, 690. removed to Durham, 1014. caftle built, 1063. fee fuppreffed, and made a county palatine, 1552. fee reinftated, 1554. Dutch excluded fishing on the English coast, 1508. implored the affiftance of England against Spain, 1585. declared themfelves an independant ftate, 1565. acknowledged fuch by Spain, 1607. heltered Charles II. and convoyed him to Scotland, June 1650. deftroyed several men of war at Chatham, June 11, 1667. affifted the English with 30 men of war, June 6, 1685. paid 600,000l. for their affistance at the Revolution, Aug. 20, 1687. Dutch in different parts of Europe, 1382. in Naples, 1426. in Surrey, 1551. in Herefordshire, Feb. 17, 1571. in Hungary, Bohemia, and Moravia, 1590. in Japan; and another in Kent, 1596. in Peru, 1660. at Conftantinople, when 200,000 perfons perifhed, 1611. in England, Sept. 8; and Jamaica, which destroyed Port Royal, 1692. - Mefina deftroyed by an earthquake, Jan. 1692-3. Eaft Angles, kingdom of, began, 571. ended, 792. Eaft Saxons, kingdom of, began 527. -ended, 746. Eafter, the controverfy, decided, 667. Eaft-India company established, 1600. their charter renewed, 1608. diffolved, Jan. and fresh granted in Sept. 1694. Eaton college, near Windfor, founded, 1441. Ecclefiaftical commiffion iffued, April 1686. Eclipfe in August 1133. again, 1185. again totally, 1191. again, May 12, 1706. Eddiftone light-house, near Plymouth, first began, Oct. 1696. deftroyed, Nov. 26, 1703. rebuilt, 1706. Edgar, king of England, 954. Edinburgh burnt by the English, 1400. again, 1344 Edinburgh caffle taken by the Regent,1573bishoprick erected, 1633. feized by the Scotch infurgents, 1639. tumults there, on account of the Union, 1706. Edmund of the Eaft Angles, murdered by the Danes, 870. monaftery built, 1020. Edmund I. king of England, 941. II. king of England, ro16. Edmundbury St. greatly damaged by fire, 160 houfes confumed, 161o. Edward, the Black Prince, born June 15, 1330; died June 8, 1376. Edwin king of Northumberland, 624. Edwy, king of England, 955. Edward the Elder, king of England, 900. the Martyr, king of England, 975. the Confeffor, king of England, 1042 enthrined in gold, Oct. 13, 1269. I. king of England, 1272. II. 1307; deposed, 1327. III. 1327. IV. 1461. V. 1483; his body found at the Tower, March 4, 1675. VI. 1547. Edred, king of England, 948. Egbert, the first fole monarch in England, 828. died, 838. Egfryd, king of Mercia, 794. Eleanor, queen of Edward I. died, to whose memory Waltham, St. Alban's, Dunftable, &c. croffes were erected, 1291. Ella, king of the South Saxons, 477. Elizabeth, queen of England, 1558. Ely monaftery deftroyed by the Danes, 870. bifhoprick founded, 1109. Emanuel college, Cambridge, founded, 1584. Emma accused of incontinency, 1042. ftripped of her poffeffions, 1043. fent to Whorwell nunnery, 1051. Emperor of Conftantinople visited England, 1400. Sigifmund vifited England, and was enftalled a knight of the Garter, 1416. Charles vifited England, 1520. again, 1523. Empfon and Dudley, Henry VII.'s inftruments of extortion, 1507. pilloried, 1509. executed as traitors, 1510. England, the name first used, 829. firft difpofed of by will, 856. divided into counties, hundreds and tithings, 890. ravaged by the Danes, and paid them immenfe fums, 1003. England England divided into provinces, 1018. with vifited by the Emperor, 1206. English parents forbid by a law to fell their children out of the kingdom, rodo. English fubjects expelled France, 1244. -expelled Mofcovy, 1650. Engraving and etching on copper invented, 1459. Epifcopacy abolished Scotland, 1641. -re-established in England and Scotland, 1661. abolished Scotland by act of Parliament, July 22, 1689.. Effex, the earl of, went to Ireland, and reduced the rebels, 1573. recalled, 1574. went again, and was appointed earl marshal there, 1576. poifoned by the earl of Leicester, who married his widow Auguft following. Effex, the earl of, took the city of Cadiz, 1596. his misunderstandings with Sir Walter Raleigh occafioned the escape of the Spanish fleet at the Azores, 1597. offended at court, and was created earl marshal, 1597. ftruck by the Queen, 1598. recalled from the government of Ireland, 1600. retired from court in disgust, proclaimed a traitor, and taken prisoner, 1600. tried and convicted, Feb. 19, and executed in the Tower, Feb. 25, 1601. Effex, the earl of, made lieutenant general by the King, to oppofe the Scots, Mar. 27, 1639. difcarded, Aug. 1639. made a privy counfellor, Feb. 1640-1. made lord chamberlain of the household, May 19, 1641. made lieutenant general of the King's forces fouth of the Trent, Aug. 1641. - refigned his commiffion to the King, Dec. 1, 1641. commanded to attend the King, but forbid by the Houfe of Peers, Jan. 1641-2. declared general of the parliamentary forces, July 12, 1642. headed 15,000 men at Northampton, Sept. 9, 1642. abandoned his troops, went on board ship at Plymouth, Sept. 1, 1644, and went to London. Effex, the earl of had a penfion conferred Ethelbald I. king of the Mercians, 716; II. king of England, 357. Ethelbert, king of Kent, 593. king of England, 860. Etheldred, king of Mercia, 675; became a I. king of England, 866. Eugene, prince, commanded at the battle at Hockftet, Aug. 5, 1704. obtained a complete victory at Turin, Sept. 7, 1706. -made governor of Milan, Nov. 14, obliged to abandon Turin, but took defeated the French at Oudenarde, wounded in the head before Lifle, Sept. 21, 1708. Euftatia taken by the English, Sept. 1690. extraordinary one, 1556. Excefs in dress reftrained by law, 1465. again, 1574. in drinking reftrained, 975. Exchequer court began, 1079. receipt removed to Nonfuch in Surrey, on account of the plague in London, 1665. returned to London, 1666. fhut up, Jan. 2, 1671-2, and 1672. notes to the amount of 2,000,000 iffued, 1696. Excife-bill paffed, Nov. 25, 1690. Exeter college, Oxford, founded, 1316. its bishoprick founded at St. Germain's in Cornwall, 949. removed from Crediton to Exeter, 1048. the cathedral as it now is, began to be built, 1064. befieged by the Cornish rebels, and driven to great diftrefs, 1549. Exeter, Exeter, Henrietta Maria, the fourth daughter of Charles I. born there, June1 6, 1644.' furrendered to the Parliament forces, April 13, 1646. furrendered its charter and had a new one, March 20, 1687-8. F Fairfax lord, was defeated at Barhammoor, March 29, 1643. - again at Aderton-Moor, when he went to Hull, June 29, 1643. he relieved Nantwich, and routed 3000 Royalifts, Jan. 1643-4. defeated and took colonel Bellafis, with 1600 men, 2000 ftand of arms, &c. April 11, 1644. made general of the Parliament's forces, and with Cromwell new modeled the army, Dec. 31, 1644. - invested Oxford, and defeated the King at Nafeby, June 9, and the 17th defeated Goring at Taunton. took Bristol in Sept. 1645. took Oxford in May, 1646. having reduced all the King's garrifons, returned to London in triumph, Nov. 12, 1646. made governor of the Tower, Aug. 6, 1647. defeated a body of Kentish infurgents at Maidstone, May 31, 1648. gave up his commiffion, June 25, 1650. declared for a free Parliament, and took poffeffion of York, Dec. 24, 1659. received Monk, Jan. 9, 1759-60. was made governor of Hull, March 10, 1659-60. was appointed one of the council of ftate, March 16, 1660. died in 1671. Famine in Europe, 1016. in England, 1089, 1197, 1316, when the price of provifions was fixed by Parliament. Fisher, bp. of Rochester, executed July 6, 1535 Flanders (Dutch) over-run by English and French troops, Aug. 1658. furrendered to Charles III. of Spain, May 13, 1706, lain under contribution by the French, July 15, 1708. Flattery defpifed by Canute, 1034. Fleetwood, Oliver Cromwell's fon-in law, made governor of Ireland, Sept. 19, 1654. recalled and made general of the army, Feb. 4, 1657-8. difappointed of the protectorship, Sept. 3, 1658. chofe general by the army, April 22, 1659. Flemings eftablish a colony in Wales, 1113. Florida difcovered, 1497; Fox, John, the martyrologift, died 1587. Charles, founder of the quakers, confined in Scarborough Caftle, 1665. Francifcan friars firft fettled in England, again, when heavy carriages passed on the ice of the Thames, 1609. again, 1684. a fevere one in Flanders, 1708-9. another in England, which lafted three months, when booths were built on the Thames. It began Dec. `25, 1709, Fuller, the evidence of the pretended proof of the fpurious prince of Wales voted a notorious cheat. Jan. 1692. fined roool. June 23, 1702. Funds, great deficiencies in 1661. - again, 1675. Galway G. Golden Fleece, the order inftituted in Burgundy, 1430. Galway college, in Ireland, founded by Gonville and Caius's college in Cambridge, Edward VI. 1551. t furrendered, July 25, 1691. Gam, David, a Welsh captain of great courage at the battle of Azincourt, Oct. 25, 1415. Gardening introduced into England 1509. Garter, principal king at arms, inftituted, 1420. Gafcony recovered to England, 1253. revolted to the French, 1374. returns to the English, 1452. Gavefton banished England, 1307. recalled, 1308. banifhed again 1310, by the barons, but recalled by the King, and beheaded by the barons, June 19, 1312. Germany, great part of it under contribution to marshal Villars, 1707. Ghent in Flanders, taken by the French, 1678. again, July 5, 1708. English, Dec. 30, 1708. Gibraltar, bombarded by the French, June, 1693. taken by the Confederate fleet, July 21, 1704. -yielded to Great Britain, July 13, 1713. Glafs invented by a monk, 663. firft ufed for widows of houses, 1177. Glastonbury abbey rebuilt, 951. bishopric founded, 1541. the duke of, uncle to Richard II. defeated the King, 1387. was reconciled and reproached the King for his conduct, and was fent to Calais and fmothered, 1397. the duchefs of, profecuted and punished, for a witch, 1442. Humphrey, the good duke of, murdered at St. Edmundsbury, and buried at St Albans, 1447. Richard, duke of, feized Edward V. and was appointed Protector, 1483. William, fon of princefs Anne, died at Windfor, July 30, 1700. Godfrey, Sir Edmundbury, found murdered, Oct. 17, 1678. Godwin's treachery at Guildford in Surrey, 1037. choaked in the King's prefence whilft protefting his innocency, 1053. Godwin's fands, occafioned by an inundation, 1100. founded, 1353: enlarged, 1557 Good Hope, the cape of, difcovered, 1488. Government credit very low, 1696. Government's annual expence but 62,000l. in 15521 annual expence but 1,300,000l. in 2,201,5401. in 1659. Grand Alliance formed against France, Sept. 7, 1701. Grants of the crown re-affumed, Dec. 17, 1155. again, 1223. Gravefend fortified, 1544. Gray's Inn, a great fire there, Feb. 24, 1679-80. Greatrakes performed cures by ftroaking, 1665. Great Seal of England, a new one made company established, 1694. Greenwich Hofpital firft empowered to have 6d. per month out of every failor's wages, 1696. Gregorian kalendar began, 1582. Grelham, Sir Thomas, who built the Royal Exchange and Grefham college, died, 1580. Grey, lady Jane, proclaimed, July 10, 1553. fent to the Tower, July 28, following. executed, April 12, 1554. Griffin, prince of Wales, put to death in London, 1060. Groats, the largest filver coin in England, 1352. Grove Hugh, efq. beheaded at Exeter, May 16, 1655. Guadaloupe, the island of, taken from the Guernsey fortified, 1593. feized by the French, after it had been 300 years in poffeffion of the English, 1451. Guineas at 3os. each, 1696. Guildhall, London, rebuilt, 1411. Guife, the duke of, affaffinated, 1589. Gunpowder |