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Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.
Engraving of William III and Mary II, 1703. William encouraged the passage of the Toleration Act 1689, which guaranteed religious toleration to Protestant nonconformists. [88] It did not, however, extend toleration as far as he wished, still restricting the religious liberty of Roman Catholics, non-trinitarians, and those of non-Christian ...
The Bill of Rights received royal assent on 16 December 1689. It is a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William III and Mary II in February 1689, inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England, displacing James II, who was stated to have abdicated and left the throne vacant.
13 February – William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland [2] in a ceremony at the Guildhall in the City of London [3] but are not yet recognised in Scotland or Ireland. [4] 12 March – start of the Williamite War in Ireland: James II lands at Kinsale with 6,000 French soldiers and marches for Dublin. [5]
1689 was a common year ... William III and Mary II are crowned in London as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. [5] Ireland does not recognise them yet, ...
The English Convention was an assembly of the Parliament of England which met between 22 January and 12 February 1689 (1688 old style, so its legislation was labelled with that earlier year) and transferred the crowns of England and Ireland from James II to William III and Mary II.
The rebellion followed the "Glorious Revolution" in England of 1688, which saw the Protestant monarchs William III and Mary II replace the English Catholic monarch King James II. The Lords Baltimore lost control of their proprietary colony, and for the next 25 years, Maryland would be ruled directly by the British Crown.
An Act for recognizing King William and Queene Mary and for avoiding all Questions touching the Acts made in the Parliament assembled at Westminster the thirteenth day of February one thousand six hundred and eighty eight. [2] Citation: 2 Will. & Mar. c. 1: Dates; Royal assent: 14 April 1690 [3] Commencement: 20 March 1690: Other legislation ...