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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.
Glorious Revolution: Equestrian portrait of William III by Jan Wyck, commemorating his landing in Torbay. March – William Dampier makes first recorded landing on Christmas Island. 1 March – great fire devastates Bungay. 4 May – Declaration of Indulgence (reissued on 25 April) ordered to be read aloud in all churches on two consecutive ...
Dutch States Army dragoons, led by Hans Bentinck and supported by Williamite civilians, routed an Irish Army detachment under Patrick Sarsfield from the town in one of only two substantial battles fought in England during the Glorious Revolution. The engagement was celebrated in Reading for many years afterwards.
The conflict over royal and parliamentary power had led to the English Civil War during the 1640s and the Glorious Revolution of 1688. [150] During William's reign, however, the conflict was settled in Parliament's favour by the Bill of Rights 1689, the Triennial Act 1694 and the Act of Settlement 1701. [150]
The Act declared James's flight from England following the Glorious Revolution to be an abdication of the throne. It listed twelve of James's policies by which James designed to "endeavour to subvert and extirpate the protestant religion, and the laws and liberties of this kingdom". [21] These were: [22]
[12] Other scholars argue that the Glorious Revolution was a turning point in history, starting the age of constitutionalism. The format of a declaration enumerating various specific wrongs attributed to a king was followed a century later in the American Declaration of Independence – whose authors were clearly familiar with the 1689 document.
1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a ... It is the only substantial military action in England during the Glorious Revolution and ends in a decisive victory for forces loyal to ...
Ashley, Maurice (1966). The Glorious Revolution of 1688.New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 0-340-00896-2.; Dalrymple, John (1790). Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland; from the Dissolution of the last Parliament of Charles II till the Capture of the French and Spanish Fleets at Vigo.