Explore 205 historical events from 1680–1689.
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, p…
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)
Stjepan Gradić, also known as Stefano Gradi was a polymath, philosopher, scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa.
Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (born 1613)
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved…
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. T…
Glorious Revolution: Provincial militia and citizens in Boston revolted, arresting officials of the Dominion of New Engl
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five o…
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (born 1622)
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cul…
Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
Antonina Houbraken was an 18th-century Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutch sites. She also drew landscapes. She is recorded as a skilled p…
Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (died 1736)
John Pearson was an English theologian and scholar. He served with the Cavaliers in the English Civil War, acting as a chaplain to George Goring's forces.
John Pearson, English bishop and scholar (born 1612)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham,, of Burley House near Oakham in Rutland and of Eastwell Park near Ashford in Kent, was a British peer and politicia…
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1769)
Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her t…
Christina, queen of Sweden (born 1626)
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United St…
Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros
The Battle of Dunkeld was fought between Jacobite clans supporting the deposed king James VII of Scotland and a regiment of covenanters supporting William of Orange, in the streets…
The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham,, of Burley House near Oakham in Rutland and of Eastwell Park near Ashford in Kent, was a British peer and politicia…
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1769)
Edward Holyoke was an American Congregationalist clergyman who served as the president of Harvard College from 1737 to 1769.
Edward Holyoke, American pastor and academic (died 1769)
Alexis Piron was a French epigrammatist and dramatist.
Alexis Piron, French epigrammatist and playwright (died 1773)
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved…
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. T…
Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
The Beaver Wars, also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars, were a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in North America througho…
Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
The Treaty of Nerchinsk of 1689 was the first treaty between the Tsardom of Russia and the Qing dynasty of China after the defeat of Russia by Qing China at the Siege of Albazin in…
The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
Enea Silvio Piccolomini was a Sienese nobleman whose lineage included two popes, and who served in the Habsburg army of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. He is known for leading a cam…
General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward W…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (died 1762)
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, was the son of Princess Anne and her husband, Prince George of Denmark. He was their only child to survive infancy. Styled Duke of Gloucester, h…
Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark (died 1700)
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer was a German Bohemian architect of the Baroque era. He is among the most prolific and renowned architects of his era in Bohemia. He was born into the wel…
Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer, Bohemian architect, designed Ss. Cyril and Methodius Cathedral (died 1751)
Jacques Aubert, also known as Jacques Aubert le Vieux, was a French composer and violinist of the Baroque period. From 1727 to 1746, he was a member of the Vingt-quatre Violons du …
Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (died 1753)
Dom John V, known as the Magnanimous and the Portuguese Sun King, was King of Portugal from 9 December 1706 until his death in 1750. His reign saw the rise of Portugal and the Port…
John V, Portuguese king (died 1750)
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cul…
Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys was a Welsh judge and politician. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor. His conduct as…
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1648)
Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her t…
Christina, queen of Sweden (born 1626)
Edward Wooster was an English early settler of Colonial America, and "the first permanent settler in Derby", Connecticut.
Edward Wooster, English-American settler (born 1622)
Major-General John Graham of Claverhouse, 1st Viscount Dundee was a Scottish army officer. A Tory and Episcopalian, he was responsible for policing southwest Scotland to suppress r…
John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee, Scottish general (born c. 1648)
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 21 September 1676 until his death on 12 August 1689.
Pope Innocent XI (born 1611)
William Cleland was a Scottish poet and soldier.
William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier (born 1661)
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. T…
Glorious Revolution: Provincial militia and citizens in Boston revolted, arresting officials of the Dominion of New Engl
Jacobitism was the name for a political movement active from 1688 to the end of the 18th century. Its primary objective was the restoration of the exiled House of Stuart to the Bri…
Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.