1641 in England:

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Events from the year 1641 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

Monarch - King Charles I of England

Events

• 23 January - Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Lyttleton of Mounslow appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal.^[1]
• 29 January - Oliver St John appointed Solicitor General.^[1]
• 15 February - Parliament passes the Triennial Act.^[1]
• 2 May - Marriage of Princess Mary to William of Orange.^[2]
• 12 May - Execution of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford.^[1]
• 5 July - Parliament abolishes the Court of High Commission and the Star Chamber.^[1]
• 7 August - Ship money declared illegal by Parliament.^[1]
• 21 August - The Scottish Covenanter army leaves Newcastle upon Tyne.^[1]
• 12 November - Parliament votes to send an army to Ireland to fight the Irish Rebellion.^[1]
• 1 December - The Grand Remonstrance of Parliament presented to King Charles.^[1]

Births

• March - Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester (died 1711)
• 8 April - Henry Sydney, 1st Earl of Romney, statesman (died 1704)
• 10 May - Dudley North, economist (died 1691)

Deaths

• 3 January - Jeremiah Horrocks, astronomer (born c. 1618)
• 13 April - Richard Montagu, clergyman (born 1577)
• 12 May - Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, statesman (born 1593)

References

See also