History
1689
General
Population: 618 Million*
- Entertainment: Writers include Racine, Anselm von Ziegler, John Lord Somers (English crown), William Sherlock (death),
Art includes Meindert Hobbema "Avenue at Middleharnis"
Music includes Henry Purcel "Dido and Aneas"
- Religion: Death of Pope Innocent XI – Pietro Vito Ottoboni becomes Pope Alexander VIII
- Deaths: German poet Philipp von Zesen, Physician Thomas Sydeham (Sydenham), former Queen Christina of Sweden, Novelist Aphra Behn, Pope Innocent XI,
Czar Ivan V
Africa
- Osei Tutu founds Asante nation
Americas
- Canada: Massacre of 375 French settlers at Lachine near Montreal by 1500 Mohawk Iriquois
Louis de Frontenac appointed Governor of Canada
Asia
- General: Boundaries between Russia and China established - Treaty of Nerchinsk — Russians exchange Amur region of N China for trade with Chinese
Europe
- General: Dutch and English alliance against France - England joins with League of Augsburg
War of the League of Augsburg to 1697 – France invades Palatinate
- England: Continuation of the Sivine Revolution
William of Orange marries Mary of England
Bill of Rights passes parliament - Parliament above monarchy plus no Catholic may rule
William III establishes Devonport Naval Dockyards
William calls parliament and eventually William and Mary made joint monarchs
William and Mary convert Kensington Palace away from river
Hampton Court rebuilt in new image
When crowned - ceremony day before Good Friday – monarch of England washes feet of paupers traditionally,
but William refuse in favor of alms – also refuses to "heal" the sick on Easter which was king's tradition, but instead he wishes them better health and more sense
Toleration Act passes
Start of King William's War (against France)
Parliament declares James II's acts unconstitutional
- France: James II of England in exile
Louis XIV declares war on Great Britain
- German States: French burn Baden-Baden, German diet declares war on France
Heidelberg Castle destroyed by the French
- Holland: Natal becomes Dutch colony
First modern trade fair held in Leiden Holland
- Holy Roman Empire: Formation of Grand Alliance of Habsburgs
- Ireland: James II of Britain and French land in Ireland - see 1690 Battle of the Boyne
Catholic loyalists lay siege to Londonderry Ireland
- Russia: Peter the Great becomes czar
Peter banishes sister Sophia to a convent
- Scotland: British William III invited to take over Scottish government from James II
- Sweden: Death of former Queen Christina
- Switzerland: Killer avalanches in Alps
East
- Connecticut: Returns to joint-stock colony
- Rhode Island: Returns to joint-stock colony
West and Pacific
- Utah: Supposedly French explorer Baron de La Hontan visits Great Salt Lake