1689
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Year 1689 (MDCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar).
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[edit] Events of 1689
[edit] January - June
- 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.
[edit] July - December
- 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.
[edit] Undated
- Supporters of William of Orange seize Liverpool Castle.
- Valvasor's The Glory of the Duchy of Carniola is printed in Nuremberg.
- Peter the Great takes full control over Russia.
- The Glorious Revolution ends.
[edit] Births
Gregorian calendar | 1689 MDCLXXXIX |
Ab urbe condita | 2442 |
Armenian calendar | 1138 ԹՎ ՌՃԼԸ |
Bahá'í calendar | -155 – -154 |
Berber calendar | 2639 |
Buddhist calendar | 2233 |
Burmese calendar | 1051 |
Byzantine calendar | 7197 – 7198 |
Chinese calendar | 戊辰年十二月初十日 (4325/4385-12-10) — to —
己巳年十一月二十日(4326/4386-11-20) |
Coptic calendar | 1405 – 1406 |
Ethiopian calendar | 1681 – 1682 |
Hebrew calendar | 5449 – 5450 |
Hindu calendars | |
- Vikram Samvat | 1744 – 1745 |
- Shaka Samvat | 1611 – 1612 |
- Kali Yuga | 4790 – 4791 |
Holocene calendar | 11689 |
Iranian calendar | 1067 – 1068 |
Islamic calendar | 1100 – 1101 |
Japanese calendar | Genroku 2 (元禄2年) |
Korean calendar | 4022 |
Thai solar calendar | 2232 |
- 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)
- See also Category: 1689 births.
[edit] Deaths
- 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)
- See also Category: 1689 deaths.