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1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1688th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 688th year of the 2nd millennium, the 88th year of the 17th century, and the 9th year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of ...
18 January – Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1765) 22 May – Alexander Pope, poet (died 1744) 10 June – James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (died 1766)
The Glorious Revolution [a], also known as The Revolution of 1688, was the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II , and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange , who was also James's nephew and had an interest in the throne in his own right.
1688–1689: The Glorious Revolution starts with the Dutch Republic invading England, England becomes a constitutional monarchy. 1688–1691: The War of the Two Kings in Ireland. 1688–1697: The Grand Alliance sought to stop French expansion during the Nine Years War. 1689: William and Mary ascend to the throne over England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1688 – Province of New York added to the Dominion of New England. 1688 - Glorious Revolution overthrows James II of England 1689-1694 - Reign of William III and Mary II
The Nine Years' War [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.
1688 - The first recorded formal protest against slavery, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery. 1688–97 – King William's War, the North American theater of the Nine Years' War. 1688 – The Glorious Revolution occurs; King James II flees to France and is replaced by William and Mary of Orange.
The English Revolution is a term that has been used to describe two separate events in English history.Prior to the 20th century, it was generally applied to the 1688 Glorious Revolution, when James II was deposed and a constitutional monarchy established under William III and Mary II.