History
1688
General
Population: 616 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Thomas Shadwell (comedy), Jacques-Benigne Boussuet (Protestant history), Last volume of Matthaus Merian's "Topographia Germanicae" published (posthumously),
Joseph de la Vega (confusing interactions in Amsterdam exchange), Novelist Aphra Behn introduces concept of "noble savage" to literature
- Religion: Quakers publish anti-slavery pamphlets
- Technology: Plate glass first cast
- Deaths: Artist Philips Wouwerman, Frederick William the "Great Elector" of Brandenburg, Author John Bunyan, Dramatist Philippe Quinault,
Jesuit author Hermann Busenmann, Philosopher Ralph Cudwirth, Artist Joachim Sandrart
Europe
- General: War of League of Augsburg - Sweden, Spain, the Palatinate, Bavaria and Saxony oppose France
- England: Glorious Revolution (Divine Revolution) - Dutch Protestant William of Orange becomes William I - invited by seven lords - James II flees
Mary (James 2nd wife) gives birth to son James - considered heir by Catholics - Protestant daughters Mary and Ann protest with strange accusations - Mary will marry William
Whigs and Torries petition for WIlliam to invade
London underwriters begin regular meetings at Lloyd's Coffee House
Catholics and non-conformists banned from throne in Declaration of Indulgence
- France: War between France and the Empire – Louis XIV invades Palatinate and takes Heidelberg
- German States: Death of Frederick William "Great Elector" of Brandenburg – son Frederick III rules
- Holy Roman Empire: Imperial forces occupy Belgrade from Ottomans
- Hungary: Transylvania becomes province under King of Hungary
Middle East
- Ottoman Empire: Smyrna destroyed by earthquake
Belgrade lost to Holy Roman Empire
East
- General: Dominion of New England ends