1640 in England
List of events
Events from the year 1640 in England .
Incumbents
Events
Births
11 January – Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet , politician (died 1716)
25 January – William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire , soldier and statesman (died 1707)
6 February – William Campion , politician (died 1702)
13 February – Richard Edgcumbe , politician (died 1688)
29 February – Benjamin Keach , Particular Baptist preacher (died 1704)
30 March – John Trenchard , statesman (died 1695)
19 June – Thomas Widdrington , politician (died 1660)
29 June – Elizabeth Stanhope, Countess of Chesterfield (died 1665)[4]
12 October – Sir Roger Twisden, 2nd Baronet (died 1703)
18 October – William Stanley , Member of Parliament (died 1670)
23 October – Elisabeth Pepys , née de St Michel, wife of Samuel (died 1669)
28 October – Streynsham Master , colonial administrator (died 1724)
5 November – John Verney, 1st Viscount Fermanagh , politician and merchant (died 1717)
17 November – Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland , née Villiers, a mistress of King Charles II (died 1709)
7 December (bapt.) – Fabian Stedman , pioneer of change ringing (died 1713)
13 December – Robert Plot , naturalist (died 1696)
14 December – Aphra Behn , née Amis, Johnson or Cooper?, author (died 1689)
Deaths
14 January – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry , lawyer and judge (born 1578)
25 January – Robert Burton , scholar (born 1577)
17 March – Philip Massinger , dramatist (born 1583)
22 March – Thomas Carew , poet (born 1595)
28 April (bur.) – William Alabaster , poet and dramatist (born 1567)
3 June – Theophilus Howard, 2nd Earl of Suffolk , politician (born 1584)
20 October – John Ball , Puritan clergyman (born 1585)
13 November – Laurence Chaderton , academic and churchman (born 1536)
8 December – Princess Anne , daughter of King Charles I (born 1637)
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