1688 in England

1688 in England

Events from the year 1688 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Monarch - James II of England (to 11 December).

Events

* 4 May - Declaration of Indulgence ordered to be read aloud in all churches on two consecutive Sundays.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 196-197|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 8 June - Archbishop of Canterbury William Sancroft imprisoned in the Tower of London for refusing to proclaim the Declaration of Indulgence.
* 30 June - a high-powered conspiracy of notables, the "Immortal Seven", invite William of Orange and Mary to depose James II.
* 27 October - James II fires minister Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland
* 5 November - Glorious Revolution begins: William lands at Brixham but James is prevented from meeting him in battle because many of his officers and men desert to the other side.
* December - John Dryden dismissed as Poet Laureate.
* 9 December
** - there is a Battle in Reading between supporters of James and those of William and Mary.
** - Queen Mary of Modena flees to France with her infant son, the Prince of Wales.
* 11 December - after a series of defeats, James II flees to France.
* 18 December - William of Orange enters London.

Undated

* William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.

Publications

* John Locke has the first abstract of his seminal "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" appear in Leclerc's "Bibliotheque universelle".
* Fourth (and illustrated) edition of John Milton's "Paradise Lost".
* First printing of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress".

Births

* 18 January - Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1765)
* 22 May - Alexander Pope, poet (died 1744)
* 10 June - James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (died 1766)

Unknown dates

* Laurence Eusden, poet (died 1730)
* Charles Rivington, publisher (died 1742)

Deaths

* 7 January - James Howard, 3rd Earl of Suffolk (b. 1606/7)
* 26 June - Ralph Cudworth, philosopher (born 1617)
* 25 August - Henry Morgan, privateer and Governor of Jamaica (born c. 1635)
* 31 August - John Bunyan, writer (born 1628)
* 2 September - Sir Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London (born 1631)
* 6 October - Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, statesman (born 1653)

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