1670 in England
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Events from the year 1670 in England.
Incumbents
- Monarch - Charles II
Events
- 1 June - The secret treaty of Dover is signed between King Charles II of England and France.[1]
- 8 July O.S. - Spain recognises Jamaica and the Cayman Islands as English possessions by the Treaty of Madrid.
- 18 August - John Dryden is appointed as historiographer royal.[1]
- 20 September - Production of Mrs Aphra Behn's first play, The Forced Marriage, at the Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre by the Duke's Company, with Thomas Betterton in the lead.[2]
- 9 November - Bushel's Case establishes that members of a jury may not be punished for delivering a verdict according to their conscience even if contrary to the view of the judge.
- 21 December - John Coventry is maimed for making a joke about the King.[3]
- Rock salt is discovered near Northwich in Cheshire.[4]
Births
- 24 January - William Congreve, playwright (died 1729)
- 10 April - Edward Montagu, 3rd Earl of Sandwich, (died 1729)
- 23 April - Cassandra Willoughby, Duchess of Chandos, historian (died 1735)
- 8 May - Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, soldier (died 1726)
- 19 July - Richard Leveridge, bass and composer (died 1758)
- 21 August - James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick, illegitimate son of King James II (died 1734)
- 27 September - Sir Thomas Stanley, 4th Baronet, Member of Parliament (died 1714)
- 4 December - John Aislabie, politician and director of the South Sea Company (died 1742)
- James Annesley, 3rd Earl of Anglesey, (died 1702)
- Laurence Echard, historian (died 1730)
- Sarah Fyge Egerton, poet (died 1723)
- Sir William Lowther, 1st Baronet (1670-1705), Member of Parliament (died 1705)
- Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham, royal favourite (died 1734)
Deaths
- 3 January - George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, soldier (born 1608)
- 21 January - Claude Duval, highwayman (born 1643, France)
- 15 March - John Davenport, clergy (born 1597)
- 5 May - Sir Geoffrey Palmer, 1st Baronet, lawyer and politician (born 1598)
- 30 June - Princess Henrietta Anne Stuart (born 1644)
- 4 July - Christopher Hatton, 1st Baron Hatton, Royalist (born 1605)
- 16 September - William Penn, admiral (born 1621)
- 21 November - Sir Walter Yonge, 2nd Baronet, Member of Parliament (born c. 1625)
- Gilbert Mabbot, licenser of the press (born 1622)
