1689

1689 (MDCLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1689th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 689th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of 1689, the Gregorian calendar was 10 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.

Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries:
Decades:
Years:
1689 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar1689
MDCLXXXIX
Ab urbe condita2442
Armenian calendar1138
ԹՎ ՌՃԼԸ
Assyrian calendar6439
Balinese saka calendar1610–1611
Bengali calendar1096
Berber calendar2639
English Regnal year1 Will. & Mar.  2 Will. & Mar.
Buddhist calendar2233
Burmese calendar1051
Byzantine calendar7197–7198
Chinese calendar戊辰年 (Earth Dragon)
4385 or 4325
     to 
己巳年 (Earth Snake)
4386 or 4326
Coptic calendar1405–1406
Discordian calendar2855
Ethiopian calendar1681–1682
Hebrew calendar5449–5450
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1745–1746
 - Shaka Samvat1610–1611
 - Kali Yuga4789–4790
Holocene calendar11689
Igbo calendar689–690
Iranian calendar1067–1068
Islamic calendar1100–1101
Japanese calendarGenroku 2
(元禄2年)
Javanese calendar1612–1613
Julian calendarGregorian minus 10 days
Korean calendar4022
Minguo calendar223 before ROC
民前223年
Nanakshahi calendar221
Thai solar calendar2231–2232
Tibetan calendar阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1815 or 1434 or 662
     to 
阴土蛇年
(female Earth-Snake)
1816 or 1435 or 663
March 2: Heidelberg Castle is burned.

Events

JanuaryMarch

AprilJune

  • April 11 (O.S.) William III and Mary II are crowned in London as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland.[3] Ireland does not recognise them yet, while the Estates of Scotland declare King James VII of Scotland deposed.
  • April 18
    • Boston revolt: Unpopular New England Governor Sir Edmund Andros and other officials are overthrown by a "mob" of Bostonians. Andros, an appointee of James II of England, is disliked for his support of the Church of England, and revocation of various colonial charters.
    • The Siege of Derry begins in Ireland as former King James II arrives at the gates of Derry and asks for its surrender during the Williamite War in Ireland. The Protestant defenders refuse and the siege lasts until August 1 when it is abandoned. .[4]
  • May 11 (May 1 O.S.)
    • The Battle of Bantry Bay begins during the Williamite War in Ireland as the French fleet under the Marquis de Châteaurenault is able to protect its transports, unloading supplies for James II, from the English Royal Navy under the Earl of Torrington, and withdraws unpursued.[5]
    • William and Mary accept the Scottish throne a month after the Scottish Parliament votes to depose King James VII
  • May 12 Nine Years' War: With England and the Netherlands now both ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697. This is also the effective beginning of King William's War, the first of four North American Wars (until 1763) between English and French colonists, both sides allied to Native American tribes. The nature of the fighting is a series of raids on each other's settlements, across the Canadian and New England borders.
  • May 24 The Bill of Rights establishes constitutional monarchy in England, but with Roman Catholics barred from the throne. Parliament also passes the Act of Toleration, protecting Protestants but with Roman Catholics intentionally excluded. This effectively concludes the Glorious Revolution.
  • May 25 The last hearth tax is collected in England and Wales.
  • May 31 Leisler's Rebellion: Calvinist Jacob Leisler deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of the Province of New York.
  • June 5 The Convention of Estates adjourns in Scotland after 11 weeks and its members form a new Scottish parliament.
  • June 14 The Duke of Gordon, a Scottish peer and Jacobite supporter, surrenders Edinburgh Castle to Protestant attackers after holding out for 20 days following the Glorious Revolution.

JulySeptember

  • July 25 The Council of Wales and the Marches is abolished.
  • July 27 First Jacobite rising: Battle of Killiecrankie near Pitlochry in Perthshire Scottish Covenanter supporters of William III and Mary II (under Hugh Mackay) are defeated by Jacobite supporters of James II, but the latter's leader, John Graham, Viscount Dundee, is killed. Hand grenades are used in action.[6]
  • July 28 English sailors break through a floating boom across the River Foyle, to end the siege of Derry after 105 days.[7]
  • August 2 Boston Revolt: Edmund Andros, former governor of the Dominion of New England, escapes from Boston to Connecticut, but is recaptured.
  • August 5 Beaver Wars: Lachine massacre A force of 1,500 Iroquois largely destroys the village of Lachine, New France.
  • August 12 Innocent XI (Benedetto Odescalchi, b. 1611), Pope since 1676, dies. He played a major part in founding both the League of Augsburg, against Louis XIV, and the Holy League, against the Ottoman Empire.
  • August 20 A large Williamite force under Marshal Schomberg begins the siege of Carrickfergus in the north of Ireland, which surrenders on August 27.
  • August 21 First Jacobite rising: Battle of Dunkeld Covenanters defeat the Jacobites in Scotland.[8]
  • August 23
    • Roman Catholic cardinals convene in Rome for a papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Innocent XI. The conclave lasts until October 6.
    • Gravely ill, the Empress Xiaoyiren is proclaimed empress by her husband, China's Emperor Kangxi, after having been Imperial Noble Consort since 1682. She dies the next day.
  • August 27 China and Russia sign the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
  • September 8 The Siege of Mainz (in the modern-day Rheinland-Pfalz state of Germany), which had started on June 1, ends after almost three months, as French General Nicolas Chalon du Blé surrenders the walled city to the armies of Austria and the Dutch Republic.
  • September 9 King William brings England into a military alliance with the Holy Roman Empire in a fight against France in the Nine Years War.
  • September 24 The Holy Roman Empire wins the Battle of Niš, fought against the Ottoman Empire during the Great Turkish War in modern-day Serbia.

OctoberDecember

  • October 6 The papal conclave in Rome unanimously elects Pietro Vito Ottoboni as the new Pope. Ottoboni takes the name Alexander VIII and succeeds Pope Innocent XI, to become the 241st pope, the first Venetian to hold the office in over 200 years.
  • October 26 Skopje fire of 1689 occurs, lasting for two days and burning much of the city.
  • November 22 Peter the Great decrees the construction of the Great Siberian Road to China.
  • December 16 Convention Parliament The English Bill of Rights is officially declared in force.

Date unknown

Births

Deaths

Thomas Sydenham
  • January 6 Bishop Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
  • January 9 Sir Hugh Cholmeley, 4th Baronet, English politician (b. 1632)
  • January 18 Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1609)
  • January 27
    • Robert Aske, merchant in the City of London (b. 1619)
    • Sir Henry Beaumont, 2nd Baronet, English politician (b. 1638)
  • February 12 Marie Louise of Orléans (b. 1662)
  • February 13 Carlo Pio di Savoia, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1622)
  • February 22 Willem Ogier, Flemish playwright (b. 1618)
  • February 24 Elsa Elisabeth Brahe, Swedish countess and duchess (b. 1632)
  • March 10 Philip Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Wiesenburg (b. 1620)
  • March 18 John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
  • March 30 Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish philosopher (b. 1634)
  • April 14 Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, youngest surviving daughter of Ferdinand III (b. 1654)
  • April 16 Aphra Behn, English author (b. 1640)
  • April 18 George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British Lord Chief Justice (b. 1648)
  • April 19 Christina, Queen of Sweden (b. 1626)
  • April 22 Thomas Proby, English politician (b. 1632)
  • May 12 Sir John Reresby, 2nd Baronet, English politician and diarist (b. 1634)
  • May 14 Sambhaji, High Protector of the Maratha Empire (b. 1657)
  • May 15 Jean Paul Médaille, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1618)
  • June 8 Decio Azzolino, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1623)
  • June 20 Richard Sherlock, English priest (b. 1612)
  • June 25 William Thomas, Welsh Anglican bishop (b. 1613)
  • June 27 Richard Waldron, colonial settler, acting President of the Province of New Hampshire (b. 1615)
  • June 28 Thomas Mainwaring, English politician (b. 1623)
  • July 7 Princess Louise of Savoy, Hereditary Princess of Baden-Baden (b. 1627)
  • July 8 Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
  • July 27 John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (b. 1648)[6]
  • August 6 Sophia Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Prussian royal consort (b. 1636)
  • August 9 Dionisio Lazzari, Italian sculptor and architect (b. 1617)
  • August 12 Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
  • August 13 Count Maximilian I, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (b. 1636)
  • August 21 William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (b. c. 1661)[8]
  • August 28 Claude-Jean Allouez, French Jesuit missionary and explorer of North America (b. 1622)
  • September 10 John Belasyse, 1st Baron Belasyse of England (b. 1614)
  • September 26 August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (b. 1652)
  • September 30 Julius Francis, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Bohemian noble (b. 1641)
  • October 4 Quirinus Kuhlmann, German Baroque poet and mystic (b. 1651)
  • October 13 George Ent, English scientist (b. 1604)
  • October 15 Sir Edward Dering, 3rd Baronet, English politician (b. 1650)
  • October 24 Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg, Swedish prince (b. 1629)
  • November 13 Philipp von Zesen, German poet (b. 1619)
  • November 20 Samuel Peterson, American city founder (b. 1639)
  • November 26 Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
  • December 6 Pjetër Bogdani, Albanian priest and writer (b. c. 1630)
  • December 16 Cornelis Geelvinck, Dutch mayor (b. 1621)
  • December 29 Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)

References

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  5. Lynn, John A. (1999). The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714. Harlow: Longman. p. 203. ISBN 0-582-05629-2.
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  7. "Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved January 28, 2010.
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