May 24 English Parliament guarantees freedom of religion for Protestants

May 27 Anthonie Heinsius succeeds G Fagel as pension advisor of Holland

May 11 Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle

May 12 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg

May 09 English King Willem III declares war on France

Jan 28 English parliament ends king Charles II reign

Jan 26 Jean Racine's "Esther," premieres in Saint-Cyr

Jan 01 Pro-James II-Earl of Danby occupies York

Jan 18 The birth of Charles de Montesquieu, French philosopher

Feb 14 English parliament places Mary Stuart/Prince Willem III on the throne

Feb 23 Dutch prince William III proclaimed king of England

Feb 15 German Parliament declares war on France

Feb 13 British Parliament adopts Bill of Rights

Apr 18 Death of British Chief Justice Judge George Jeffreys in the Tower of London. He presided over the "Bloody Assizes" following the Monmouth Rebellion of 1685.

Dec 16 English Parliament adopts Bill of Rights after Glorious Revolution

Aug 05 A band of 1,500 Iroquois surround the village of Lachine, Quebec during a violent thunderstorm and set fire to the houses; they then massacre 24 inhabitants and kidnap 90; 42 of the 90 are never seen again; they also kill about 200 more settlers and capture 100 in raids in the vicinity.

Aug 25 Montr‚al taken by Iroquois

Jul 27 Jacobite Scottish Highlanders defeat royal force at Killiecrankie

Mar 14 Scotland dismisses Willem III and Mary Stuart as king and queen

Mar 12 Former English King James II lands in Ireland