1688

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Centuries:	16th century - 17th century - 18th century
Decades:	1650s  1660s  1670s  - 1680s -  1690s  1700s  1710s
Years:	1685 1686 1687 - 1688 - 1689 1690 1691

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• A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the "Immortal Seven", invite William and Mary to depose James II of England.
• October 27 - King James II of England fires premier Robert Spencer
• November 5 - Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Brixham but James II of England is prevented from meeting him in battle because many of his officers and men desert to the other side.
• November - Hearing that William has landed in England, Louis XIV declares war on the Netherlands. Perhaps revealingly, he does not attack the Netherlands but instead strikes at the heart of the Holy Roman Empire with about 100,000 soldiers.

• December 11 - After a series of defeats King James II of England flees England for Ireland.
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
• The Nine Years War begins in Europe and America.
• Austria occupies Belgrade.
• Friedrich I of Prussia becomes Kurfürst (Elector) of Brandenburg.
• Francesco Morosini becomes Doge of Venice.
• James, Callinicus II, and Neophytus IV are Patriarchs of Constantinople.
• Gerasimus I succeeds Parthenius I as Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Jan Stanislaw Zbaski succeeds Mikolaj Stefan Radziejowski as bishop of Warmia.
• Peter Delanoy succeeds Stephanus Van Cortlandt as mayor of New York City.
• Asmus Bremer becomes mayor of Kiel.
• Toleration Act is passed in England.
• Fire destroys Bungay in England.
• Neuruppin becomes a Prussian garrison town.
• Etienne Baluze publishes Marca hispanica.
• David Abercromby publishes Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore.
• Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House.
• William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
• Janez Vajkard Valvasor becomes a member of the Royal Society.
• The Austrians incite a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria.
• General Phetracha stages a coup d'état and becomes king of Ayutthaya.

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