1689

Events of 1689

January 11 - The Parliament of England declares King James II of England deposed.
February 13 - William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland. Scotland and Ireland do not yet recognize them.
March 2 - Nine Years' War: As French forces leave, they set fire to Heidelberg Castle and the nearby town of Heidelberg (now Germany).
April 11

The Estates of Scotland declare King James VII of Scotland deposed.
William III and Mary II are crowned as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. Ireland does not recognize them yet.

May 12 - King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg, starting the war.
May 24 - The Act of Toleration passes the English Parliament protecting Protestants (Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).
May 25 - The last Hearth Tax is collected in England and Wales. It is abolished by William III of England.
May 31 - Leisler's Rebellion - Calvinist Jacob Leisler deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of New York colony.

July 27 - Glorious Revolution - Battle of Killiecrankie: Jacobite forces defeat the Orange Royalists.
August 5 - A force of 1,500 Iroquois attacks the village of Lachine, in New France.
August 21 - Battle of Dunkeld: English Orange Royalists defeat the Jacobite Royalists in Scotland.
August 27 - China and Russia sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
October 6 - Pope Alexander VIII succeeds Pope Innocent XI as the 241st pope.
22 November - The Tsar decrees the construction of the Great Siberian Road to China.
December 16 - The English Bill of Rights is officially declared in force.

January 18 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
February 3 - Blas de Lezo, notorious almirant of the Spanish Empire
April 2 - Arthur Dobbs, Irish politician and governor of the Province of North Carolina (d. 1765)
April 14 - William Murray, Marquess of Tullibardine, second son of John Murray, 1st Duke of Atholl
May 24 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English lawyer (d. 1769)
May 26 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
June 26 - Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (d. 1769)
July 9 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
August 19 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
October 22 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
December 23 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)

January 6 - Bishop Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
March 18 - John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
April 16 - Aphra Behn, English author (b. 1640)
April 18 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British Lord Chief Justice (b. 1648)
April 19 - Queen Christina of Sweden (b. 1626)
May 14 - Sambhaji, High Protector of the Maratha Empire (b. 1657)
July 8 - Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
August 12 - Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
August 21 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. c. 1661)
November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
December 6 - Pjetër Bogdani, Albanian priest and writer (b. c. 1630)
December 29 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)