1678 in England

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Incumbents

31 May - The Godiva Procession, a commemoration held in honour of Lady Godiva's legendary 11th century naked horseback ride through the streets of Coventry in protest against her husband's treatment of the citizens, begins.
6 September - Titus Oates first presents sworn allegations of the "Popish Plot", a supposed Catholic conspiracy to assassinate King Charles II.^[1] On 28 September before the Privy Council he makes allegations against numerous Jesuits and Catholic nobles. Oates applies the term Tory to those who disbelieve his allegations.
17 October - Magistrate Sir Edmund Berry Godfrey is found murdered in Primrose Hill, London. Titus Oates claims it as a proof of his allegations.^[1]
25 October - Five Catholic peers accused of involvement in the "Popish Plot" are arrested at the instance of the House of Commons and committed to the Tower of London.
3 December - Test Act provides that members of both the House of Lords and House of Commons must swear an anti-Catholic oath before taking office.
Second Burying in Woollen Act, more rigidly enforced.^[2]

July - Thomas Hearne, antiquarian (died 1735)
16 September - Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, statesman and philosopher (died 1751)
8 December - Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton, diplomat (died 1757)
14 December - Daniel Neal, historian (died 1743)
30 December - William Croft, composer (died 1727)

1 2 3 Palmer, Alan & Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 193–194. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
↑ "Charles II, 1677 & 1678: An Act for burying in Woollen". British History Online. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
↑ Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.

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