1654 in England

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Events from the year 1654 in England.

## Incumbents

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* Lord Protector – Oliver Cromwell

## Events

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* 20 March – establishment of Commission of Triers which will fill empty Anglican benefices with Puritan ministers.[1][2]
* 5 April – signing of the Treaty of Westminster ends the First Anglo-Dutch War, and the Dutch agree to observe the Navigation Acts.[3]
* 11 April – Anglo-Swedish alliance: A commercial treaty between England and Sweden is signed.[3]
* 12 April – Oliver Cromwell creates a union between England and Scotland, with Scottish representation in the Parliament of England.[3]
* 10 July – Peter Vowell and John Gerard are executed in London for plotting to assassinate Cromwell.
* August – Cromwell launches the 'Western Design', an expedition to the Caribbean to counter Spanish commercial interests, effectively beginning the Anglo-Spanish War (which will last until after the Restoration in 1660).[1] The main fleet leaves Portsmouth on 25 December.
* 3 September – First Protectorate Parliament assembles.[3]

## Births

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* 10 January – Joshua Barnes, scholar (died 1712)
* 22 January – Richard Blackmore, physician and writer (died 1729)
* 22 February – Elizabeth Monck, Duchess of Albemarle (died 1734)
* 27 April – Charles Blount, deist (died 1693)
* 23 June – Richard Onslow, 1st Baron Onslow, politician (died 1717)
* John Bellers, educationist (died 1725)

## Deaths

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* 10 January – Nicholas Culpeper, astrologer (born 1616)
* 8 February – John Talbot, 10th Earl of Shrewsbury (born 1601)
* 19 February – Edmund Chilmead, writer (born 1610)
* 3 June – Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel (born 1585)
* 27 June– Thomas Gataker, clergy (born 1574)
* 28 June – John Southworth, martyr (born 1592)
* 10 July – Peter Vowell, Royalist conspirator (year of birth unknown)
* August – Roger Dodsworth, antiquary (born 1585)
* 30 November
* William Habington, poet (born 1605)
* John Selden, lawyer (born 1584)
* 6 December (bur.) – Sir William Brockman, military leader and politician (born 1595)

## References

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1. ^ a b Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 185–186. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
2. ^ Plant, David (2010-04-18). "1654". British Civil Wars, Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1638-60. Archived from the original on 2012-02-18. Retrieved 2012-07-10.
3. ^ a b c d Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 266. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.

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