1694 in England

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Monarch - William III, jointly with Mary II until 28 December, then as sole monarch.

1 March - The HMS Sussex treasure fleet of thirteen ships is wrecked in the Mediterranean off Gibraltar with the loss of approximately 1,200 lives.
May - The First Whig Junto is appointed to government.^[1]
27 July - The Bank of England is established by Royal charter following a proposal by William Paterson;^[2] John Houblon becomes its first Governor.
5 September - Great Fire of Warwick.
25 October - Queen Mary II founds the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.^[3]
3 December - Parliament passes the Triennial Act requiring general elections every three years.^[1]
28 December - With the death of Queen Mary II (aged 32) from smallpox at Kensington Palace, King William III becomes sole monarch.^[1]
Notorious voyage of the English slave ship Hannibal in the Atlantic slave trade out of Benin, ending with the death of nearly half of the 692 slaves aboard.

Mary Astell's (anonymous) argument for the promotion of female education A Serious Proposal to the Ladies, for the Advancement of Their True and Greatest Interest.
"N.H."'s The Ladies Dictionary, being a general entertainment of the fair-sex: a work never attempted before in English is published by John Dunton.

1 2 3 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
↑ "Greenwich Hospital". Retrieved 2012-03-07.

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Sovereign states	Andorra Austria Denmark–Norway Denmark Norway England France Holy Roman Empire Hungary Ireland Malta Monaco Netherlands Ottoman Empire Papal States Portugal Prussia Russia San Marino Scotland Spain Sweden Switzerland

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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