1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1688th...
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1688 Revolution may refer to Glorious Revolution, the overthrow of King James II of England Siamese revolution of 1688, the overthrow of pro-foreign Siamese...
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Glorious Revolution (redirect from English Revolution of 1688)
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II, and her Dutch husband, William...
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Bill of Rights 1689 (redirect from Bill of Rights 1688)
The Bill of Rights 1689 (sometimes known as the Bill of Rights 1688) is an Act of the Parliament of England that set out certain basic civil rights and...
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Winston Churchill (Cavalier) (redirect from Winston Churchill (1620-1688))
Sir Winston Churchill FRS (18 April 1620 – 26 March 1688), known as the Cavalier Colonel, was an English soldier, historian, and politician. He was the...
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Charles II, on 6 February 1685. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution of 1688. He was the last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland. His...
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August 26 (redirect from August 26, 1688)
August 26 is the 238th day of the year (239th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 127 days remain until the end of the year. 683 – Yazid I's army...
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Alexander Pope (redirect from Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744)
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 O.S. – 30 May 1744) was an English poet, translator, and satirist of the Enlightenment era who is considered one of the most...
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Lewis Theobald (redirect from Theobald, Mr. (Lewis), 1688-1744)
Lewis Theobald /ˈtɪbəld/ (baptised 2 April 1688 – 18 September 1744), English textual editor and author, was a landmark figure both in the history of Shakespearean...
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Alibaba Group (redirect from 1688.com)
and exporters from more than 240 countries and regions, the Chinese portal 1688.com, which manages domestic B2B trade in China, and AliExpress.com, a global...
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John Bunyan (redirect from Bunyan, John (1628-1688))
John Bunyan (/ˈbʌnjən/; 1628 – 31 August 1688) was an English writer and Puritan preacher. He is best remembered as the author of the Christian allegory...
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Olivier Levasseur (1688, 1689, or 1690 – 7 July 1730), was a French pirate, nicknamed La Buse ("The Buzzard") or La Bouche ("The Mouth") in his early days...
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Nine Years' War (redirect from Conquest of the Palatinate (1688))
The Nine Years' War was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. Although largely concentrated in Europe...
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(simplified Chinese: 郞世宁; traditional Chinese: 郞世寧; pinyin: Láng Shìníng; 19 July 1688 – 17 July 1766), was an Italian Jesuit brother and missionary in China, where...
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Maria of Nassau or Maria of Orange-Nassau (5 September 1642 – 20 March 1688) was a Dutch princess of the house of Orange and by marriage pfalzgräfin...
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the Revolution of 1688–91. In: Harris, T., & Taylor, S. (Eds.). (2015). The final crisis of the Stuart monarchy: the revolutions of 1688–91 in their British...
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The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named...
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The French-Algerian War of 1681–1688 was part of a wider campaign by France against the Barbary Pirates in the 1680s. King Louis XIV sought to have the...
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Prince George of Denmark (redirect from Prince George of Denmark (Naturalization and Precedence) Act 1688)
British ruler James II and VII, was deposed in the Glorious Revolution in 1688, and William and Mary succeeded him as joint monarchs with Anne as heir presumptive...
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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of England for the year 1688. For acts passed during the period 1707–1800, see the list of acts of the Parliament...
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Richard Jackson (Sudbury MP) (redirect from Richard Jackson (1688-1768))
Richard Jackson (1688–1768), of Crutched Friars, London, was a British merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons briefly in 1734. Jackson...
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William invaded England in what became known as the Glorious Revolution. In 1688, he landed at the south-western English port of Brixham; James was deposed...
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Charles II (1660–1685), and sometimes that of his younger brother James II (1685–1688). After Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector from 1658 to 1659, ceded power to...
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William Kendall Jr. (burgess) (redirect from William Kendall (burgess 1688))
Kendall as one of their representatives in the House of Burgesses, first in 1688 (although he failed to win re-election) and again for the 1692-1693 session...
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constitutional changes that occurred during the Revolutionary Settlement (1688–1720) and the resulting shift of political power from the sovereign to Parliament...
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Henry Bingham was an Irish politician. Bingham was educated at Trinity College Dublin. He sat in the Irish House of Commons as a Member of Parliament (MP)...
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The Toleration Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 18), also referred to as the Act of Toleration or the Toleration Act 1689, was an Act of the Parliament of England...
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William Burnet (colonial administrator) (redirect from William Burnet (1688-1729))
There were six younger children, of whom four survived infancy. Later in 1688, William led an army across the English Channel in the Glorious Revolution...
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Hearth tax (redirect from Hearth Money Act 1688)
pleasure, by persons unknown to him. At the end of the Glorious Revolution in 1688, William III and Mary II also agreed to and signed the English Bill of Rights...
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