May–October –
Church of England clergyman
Jeremy Taylor is imprisoned at
Chepstow Castle for an injudicious preface to his popular manual of devotion, Golden Grove; or a Manuall of daily prayers and letanies, published this year.
October 29 – To celebrate
Lord Mayor's Day,
Edmund Gayton's pageant Charity Triumphant or the Virgin Show is staged in London; it is the first City pageant in fifteen years.