Important Historical Events of the year 1689, Year 1689 in History

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What happened in the year 1689?

Date	Event
January 22, 1689	The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
February 12, 1689	The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
February 13, 1689	William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
March 12, 1689	James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
April 11, 1689	William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain[5] on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February.
April 18, 1689	Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
May 24, 1689	The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
July 27, 1689	Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
August 5, 1689	Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
August 21, 1689	The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.
August 27, 1689	The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
October 26, 1689	General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease soon afterwards.
December 16, 1689	Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.