1635 in England
Events from the year 1635 in England.
Incumbents
- Monarch – Charles I
- Secretary of State – Sir John Coke
- Lord Chancellor – Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry
Events
- April – Construction is completed on the Jacobean mansion Aston Hall
- 4 August – 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 – Robert Hooke, scientist
- 22 November – Francis Willughby, biologist
- 28 December – Princess Elizabeth of England
- 31 December – Sir Robert Southwell, diplomat and politician
- Approximate date – Catherine Pegge, royal mistress
Deaths
- 12 January – Anne Cornwallis, benefactor
- March – Thomas Randolph, poet
- 27 March – Robert Naunton, politician
- 25 November – John Hall, physician and son-in-law of William Shakespeare