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6 days ago · Timeline of events: 1686 to 1688. Dutch intervention. Prelude: 1685 to June 1688. Invitation to William. Dutch preparations: July to September 1688. Decision to invade. English defensive strategy. Invasion. Embarkation of the army and the Declaration of The Hague. Crossing and landing. The collapse of James's rule. The revolutionary settlement.
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May 9, 2024 · James II, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1685 to 1688. He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and replaced by William III and Mary II. That revolution, engendered by James’s Roman Catholicism, permanently established Parliament as the ruling power in England.
- James II succeeded his brother, Charles II, as king of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685 and was deposed by the Glorious Revolution in 1688.
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- James II was the last British Stuart king in the direct line. The Glorious Revolution that overthrew him also permanently established Parliament as...
- James II’s first wife, Anne, was Protestant (though she converted to Catholicism), and their daughters were Mary II (wife of William of Orange and...
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May 9, 2024 · Otto von Guericke (born Nov. 20, 1602, Magdeburg, Prussian Saxony [now in Germany]—died May 11, 1686, Hamburg) was a German physicist, engineer, and natural philosopher who invented the first air pump and used it to study the phenomenon of vacuum and the role of air in combustion and respiration.
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6 days ago · America and West Indies: February 1686. Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies: Volume 12 1685-1688 and Addenda 1653-1687. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1899.
May 23, 2024 · Home. Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James II, 1686-7. Covers the period from January 1686 to May 1687. Crown Copyright: reproduced under the terms of the Click-Use Licence. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic - James II. Originally published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1964. This premium content was digitised by double rekeying.
