1635 in England
List of events
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Incumbents
Events
- April â Construction is completed on the Jacobean mansion Aston Hall
- 4 August â second writ for ship money is issued, extending the payments to inland towns.
- Peter Paul Rubens paints the ceiling of the Banqueting House, Whitehall.
- First secondary school established in the North American colonies, the English High and Latin School at Boston.
- First General Post Office opens to the public, at Bishopsgate, London.
- English settlers begin the colonisation of Connecticut.
Literature
- The stage tragedy Hannibal and Scipio by Thomas Nabbes is first performed by Queen Henrietta's Men
Births
- 18 July â Robert Hooke, scientist (died 1703)
- 22 November â Francis Willughby, biologist (died 1672)
- 28 December â Princess Elizabeth of England (died 1650)
- 31 December â Sir Robert Southwell, diplomat and politician (died 1702)
- Approximate date â Catherine Pegge, royal mistress
Deaths
- 12 January â Anne Cornwallis, benefactor (born 1590)
- March â Thomas Randolph, poet (born 1605)
- 27 March â Robert Naunton, politician (born 1563)
- 25 November â John Hall, physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare (born 1575)