Born in 1689:
Died in 1689:
Events of 1689:
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Nahum Tate's play Dido and Aeneas premeires.
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Dean Aldrich publishes a poem enumerating Reasons for Drinking.
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Jean Racine's play Esther premieres.
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Matsuo Basho sets off on a journey into Northen Japan that will
result in his work Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep
North).
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Table Talk, a posthumous collection of John Selden's
witticisms, is published.
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James II is out of power in the wake of the Glorious Revolution:
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On January 3, James, under arrest in Rochester, manages to escape to France. His son-in-law William of
Orange, the stadtholder of The Netherlands, has Dutch guards stationed
in Westminster.
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The English Parliament:
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passes a "Declaration of right" which:
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Enumerates the many sins of James II, who has abdicated,
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limits the power of the monarchy, specifically stating that
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Parliament is the only body allowed to enact, enforce, and revoke laws,
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All citizens have the right to petition the King for a redress of grievances.
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declares James's Protestant daughter Mary Queen of England, and
her husband, William, King,
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expresses the intent for further legislation to prohibit Roman Catholics
from the throne.
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passes an Act of Toleration granting religious freedom for Protestants,
except that Dissenters could not hold public office, and Catholics could
neither vote nor hold office..
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passes a Mutiny Act, punishing mutiny and desertion, effectively
creating a standing army.
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The Scottish Parliament passes a "Claim of Right" which declares James
VII deposed, and lays out rights similar to those in England.
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Dundee leads a Jacobite rebellion in Scotland. His forces are victorious
at Killiecrankie Pass but he is mortally wounded.
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In May, James lands in Ireland, his last base of support, and gathers an army. James himself leads the siege of Derry, but is forced to withdraw
when a relieving force arrives.
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On hearing of James's overthrow, Massachusetts colonists imprison Governor
Edward Andros. While Increase Mather in in London negotiating
a new charter for Massachusets, his son Cotton Mather publishes a manifesto
juistifying the overthrow.
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New York prepares for war; in New Amsterdam, the militia seizes the
local fort. Commander Jacob Leisler eventually gets himself elected
governor of New York. Pro-Leisler (mostly Dutch) and anti-Leisler
(mostly English) factions form.
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In Maryland, Anglican ministers use the pulpit to accuse Papist priests
of stirring up the local Indians to pillage settements. John Coode, an
Anglican member of the General Assembly, stages a popular uprising to unseat
Charles Calvert, current Lord Baltimore.
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Louis XIV declares war on England, in support of James. England
and Holland join up with the League of Augsburg as "The Grand Alliance";
this sets off the War of the League of Augsburg, also known as the Nine
Years' War or King William's War.
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Louis's forces invade The Palatinate and the Spanish Netherlands. General
Melac lays waste to the Palatinate, and the cities of
This triggers a wave of emigration from Germany to Pensylvania, Maryland,
and Virginia.
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Russian regent Sophia negotiates the Treaty of Nerchinsk with
Qing Emperor Kang Xi, delineating the boundary between Russia and
China for the first time.
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In Moscow, the faction surrounding regent Sofia attempts
to assasinate her brother, seventeen-year-old Tsar Peter.
This plot fails, and the streltsy faction surrounding Peter squashes
the other faction, forcing Sophia to retire. Although Peter's feeble-minded
brother Ivan V is technically co-tsar, it is Peter (and his mother, now
regent) who holds all the power now.
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The Baptists assemble in London and issue a statement
of their doctrines.
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A "Chinese quarter" is set up in Nagasaki.
1688 - 1689 - 1690
How They Were Made - 17th Century