Year by year · 17th century

1689

1689 in world history: 10 events, 6 births, 2 deaths, 2 works and 2 states that came to an end. 1,146 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 13 February

    William III and Mary II offered the English crown

    At the Banqueting House, the Convention Parliament presented the Declaration of Rights and offered the throne jointly to William and Mary. The settlement limited royal power and confirmed Parliament's role.

  2. 11 April

    William III and Mary II are crowned joint monarchs

    William and Mary were crowned together in Westminster Abbey after accepting the Declaration of Rights. The settlement confirmed the Glorious Revolution and the limits Parliament had placed on the Crown.

  3. 24 May

    Toleration Act grants freedom of worship to Dissenters

    The Act allowed Protestant Nonconformists in England to worship in their own licensed meeting houses. Catholics and anti-Trinitarians were excluded.

    England

  4. 21 August

    Cameronians repel the Jacobites at Dunkeld

    A small regiment of Cameronians held the town of Dunkeld against a much larger Jacobite force. The defeat broke the momentum of the rising that had followed Killiecrankie.

  5. Event

    Lachine massacre

    The Lachine massacre was a surprise attack by about 1,500 Iroquois warriors on the French settlement of Lachine, on the island of Montreal, on 5 August 1689.

  6. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Nerchinsk

    The Treaty of Nerchinsk, signed on 27 August 1689 at Nerchinsk in eastern Siberia, was the first treaty between Russia and Qing China.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1689 6

Died in 1689 2

Works 2

States that came to an end 2

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