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{{Year in England|1692}}Events from the year 1692 in England. Incumbents- Monarchs – William III and Mary II
- Parliament – 2nd of William and Mary
Events- 19 February – Princess Anne leaves the court after quarrelling with her sister, Queen Mary.[1]
- 2 May – first performance of Henry Purcell's semi-opera The Fairy-Queen at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, in London.
- 5 May – Queen Mary orders the imprisonment of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough for alleged treasonous support of the Jacobites.[1]
- 29 May–4 June – War of the Grand Alliance: The threat of a French invasion of England is diminished by victory at the Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue.[2]
- 3 August – War of the Grand Alliance: the allied forces of England and the Dutch Republic led by King William III of England are defeated at the Battle of Steenkerque.[2]
- 8 September – an earthquake in Brabant of scale 5.8 is felt across the Low Countries, Germany and England.[3]
- 22 November – first performance of Henry Purcell's Ode to St. Cecilia.[4]
Undated- c.200 collier ships are wrecked in a storm off Winterton Ness with the loss of around a thousand lives.[5]
- Lloyd's coffee house in London becomes the main office for marine insurance.[1]
Births- 29 February – John Byrom, poet (died 1763)
- 18 May – Joseph Butler, bishop and philosopher (died 1752)
- 3 August – John Henley, minister (died 1759)
Deaths- 18 May – Elias Ashmole, antiquarian (born 1617)
- c. November? – Edmund Ludlow, last surviving regicide, exiled in Switzerland (born c. 1617)
- 19 November – Thomas Shadwell, poet and playwright (born c. 1642)
- 9 December – William Mountfort, actor and playwright (born c. 1664)
References1. ^1 2 {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer|first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=198–200|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}}
2. ^1 {{cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|location=London|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|page=286}}
3. ^{{cite book|title=Agricultural Records|last=Stratton|first=J. M.|publisher=John Baker|year=1969|isbn=0-212-97022-4}}
4. ^Gentleman's Journal, November 1692, cited in Rimbault's edition, London: Musical Antiquarian Society Publications, 1848, p. 2.
5. ^{{cite book|first=Daniel|last=Defoe|authorlink=Daniel Defoe|title=A tour thro' the whole island of Great Britain}}
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