Today in History for Year 1689

Months in Year 1689: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 37 of 37

Jan 1st - Pro-James II-earl of Danby occupies York
Jan 22nd - Lord Halifax becomes Speaker of English House of Lords
Jan 22nd - Prince Willem III calls English parliament together
Jan 26th - Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr
Jan 28th - English parliament resolved that the throne is vacant
Feb 13th - British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights
Feb 14th - English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince William III on the throne
Feb 15th - German Parliament declares war on France
Feb 23rd - Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England
Mar 12th - Former English King James II lands in Ireland
Mar 14th - Scotland dismisses Willem III & Mary Stuart as king & queen
Mar 16th - The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
Apr 11th - William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
Apr 15th - French king Louis XIV declares war on Spain
Apr 20th - The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
Apr 21st - William III & Mary Stuart proclaimed king & queen of England
May 9th - English King William III declares war on France
May 11th - Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle
May 12th - England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg
The Sun King Louis XIV May 24th - English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants
May 27th - Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland
Jul 1st - Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu Japan
Jul 12th - Orangeman's Day-Battle of Boyne, Protestant victory in Ireland
Jul 25th - France declares war on England
Jul 27th - Battle of Killicrankie Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royal force under General MacKay
Aug 5th - 1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine, in New France.
Aug 21st - The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
Aug 25th - Battle at Charleroi: Spanish & English armies chase French
Aug 25th - Montreal taken by Iroquois
Aug 27th - The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
Sep 1st - Russia began taxing men's beards
Sep 8th - China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)
Oct 6th - Pietro Ottoboni replaces Pope Innocent XI as Alexander VIII
Oct 11th - Peter the Great becomes tsar of Russia
Russian Tsar Peter the Great Dec 16th - English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution
Dec 22nd - Heavy earthquake strikes Innsbruck
Dec 30th - Henry Purcell & Tates opera "Dido & Aeneas," premieres in Chesea

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 15 of 15

Jan 18th - Charles de Montesquieu, France, philosopher/writer (Letters Persanes)
Jan 29th - Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
Apr 15th - Ferdinand Zellbell, composer
May 24th - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
May 26th - Mary Wortley Montagu, English essayist, feminist, eccentric
Jun 26th - Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
Jul 9th - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
Aug 19th - Samuel Richardson, English novelist (Pamela) (baptized)
Aug 21st - Jose Pradas Gallen, composer
Sep 1st - Kilian I von Dientzenhofer, Bavarian master builder (Prague)
Oct 22nd - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
Oct 28th - Michel Mathieu, composer
Nov 3rd - Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
Dec 23rd - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, composer
Dec 24th - French van Mieris "the Young", Dutch painter/historian

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 14 of 14

Jan 6th - Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
Feb 21st - Isaacus Vossius, Dutch [Isaac Vos], librarian, dies
Mar 18th - John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
Apr 16th - Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)
Apr 18th - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem/infamous judge, dies
Apr 19th - Christina, Queen of Sweden (1644-54), dies
Jul 8th - Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
Jul 27th - John Graham, of Claverhouse, 1st viscount Dundee/soldier, killed, dies
Aug 12th - Innocent XI, [Benedetto Odescalchi], Pope (1676-89), dies at 78
Aug 21st - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier
Nov 13th - Philipp von Zesen, German poet (Bescheibung of Amsterdam), dies at 70
Nov 26th - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. February 1, 1635)
Dec 29th - Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
Dec 29th - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)