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Historical Event(s)
– 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.
– William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
– The Williamite War in Ireland begins.
– The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded.
– William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
– The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.
– The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded.
– Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends.
– The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
– General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after.
Who Were Born On ?
– Montesquieu, French satirist and philosopher (d. 1755)
– Blas de Lezo, Spanish admiral (d. 1741)
– Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
– Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
– Edward Holyoke, American academic (d. 1769)
– Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and dramatist (d. 1773)
– Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
– Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Czech Baroque architect (d. 1751)
– King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
– Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer (d. 1755)