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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

elder brother, Charles II, on 6 February 1685, until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and...

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...

The year 1688 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here. The constellation Sceptrum Brandenburgicum is named...

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...

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...

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...

Events from the year 1688 in Ireland. Monarch: James II (until 23 December), deposed Dame Mary Joseph Butler establishes a Benedictine house in Dublin...

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...

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...

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...

The Royal Mines Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 30), sometimes referred to as the Mines Royal Act 1688, is an act of the Parliament of England. This act was...

(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...

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...

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...

The Papists Act 1688 (1 Will. & Mar. c. 9) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of England during the Glorious Revolution. Its full title...

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...

The Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts of 1688 were three Acts of the Parliament of England (1 Will. & Mar. cc. 2, 7 & 19) which temporarily suspended the right...

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...

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...

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)...

It is generally viewed as a related conflict of the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War. The November 1688 Glorious Revolution replaced the Catholic James with...

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...

The year 1688 in music involved some significant events. Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, hired Bartolomeo Cristofori as his keeper of musical...

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...

James Francis Edward Stuart (10 June 1688 – 1 January 1766) was the House of Stuart claimant to the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1701...