1689 Calendar
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1689 Historical Event(s)
January 22, 1689
– The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king of England, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
February 13, 1689
– William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
March 12, 1689
– The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
March 16, 1689
– The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
April 18, 1689
– Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
April 20, 1689
– The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
May 24, 1689
– The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
August 21, 1689
– The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
August 27, 1689
– The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.
December 16, 1689
– Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Who Were Born On 1689?
January 18, 1689
– Montesquieu, French satirist and philosopher (d. 1755)
February 3, 1689
– Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
May 24, 1689
– Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
May 26, 1689
– Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
June 26, 1689
– Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
July 9, 1689
– Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
August 19, 1689
– Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
September 1, 1689
– Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech Baroque architect (d. 1751)
October 22, 1689
– King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
December 23, 1689
– Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)