Events from the year 1680 in England. 24 January – William Harris, one of the four English Puritans who established the Plymouth Colony and then the Providence Plantations at Rhode Island in 1636, is captured by Algerian pirates when his ship is boarded while he is making a voyage back to England.

The concept of "British history" began to emerge in the 1600s, largely thanks to the attempts of King James II to assert that the Union of the Crowns of 1603 had created a Kingdom of Great Britain, which in fact did not come into existence until a century later.

January 22 (January 12, 1688 O.S.) – Glorious Revolution in England: The Convention Parliament is convened to determine if King James II of England, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, vacated the throne when he fled to France, at the end of 1688.

Events from the Year 1680 in England. Incumbents. Monarch – Charles II. Events. 24 January – William Harris, one of the four English Puritans who established the Plymouth Colony and later the Providence Plantations in Rhode Island in 1636, is captured by Algerian pirates during a voyage back to England. After being sold into slavery on 23 ...

Feb 17, 2011 · For the first time since the 1640s, England was faced with the prospect of civil war. News of the prince’s arrival had sparked off waves of anti-Catholic rioting in towns and cities across...

1680: Return of Halley’s Comet. The penny post is started in London. 1682: William Penn leaves England to found Pennsylvania which was eventually to become the United States. Christopher Wren makes designs for the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Edmund Halley observes the comet which is henceforth known as “Halley’s Comet”.

By the end of 1678 the government’s critics regarded the country as beset by powerful and unscrupulous enemies at home and abroad. Across the Channel sat Louis XIV, contemplating his next assault on European protestantism. In England they suspected misty...

The 1680s was a decade that began on 1 January 1680 and ended on 31 December 1689. It is distinct from the decade known as the 169th decade which began on January 1, 1681. and ended on December 31, 1690. The Treaty of Ratisbon between France and England in 1684 ended the Age of Buccaneers. 1685: The Chinese army attacks a Russian post at Albazin.

March 24 – The Earl of Shaftesbury informs the Privy Council of England that the Roman Catholics of Ireland were about to launch a rebellion, backed by France. The investigation leads to the arrest and ultimate execution of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Armagh , Oliver Plunkett .

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