1689 in England

Events from the year 1689 in the Kingdom of England.

Incumbents

*Co-monarchs - (from 13 February) William III of England and Mary II of England.

Events

* 12 February - The Convention Parliament was convened to determine if James II, the last Roman Catholic king, had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.
* 13 February - William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland but are not yet recognised by Scotland and Ireland.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 11 April - Crowning of William and Mary as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. Ireland does not recognise them yet.
* 12 May - King William's War: William joins the League of Augsburg starting the war.
* 24 May - The Act of Toleration passed by Parliament protecting Protestants (Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).
* 25 May - Last collection of the Hearth Tax.
* 27 July - Lowland Scottish supporters of William and Mary defeated by Jacobite supporters of James at the Battle of Killiecrankie.
* 1 August - Archbishop of Canterbury William Sancroft, along with eight bishops and around 400 other clergymen, suspended for refusing to swear allegiance to William and Mary. He was dismissed from office the following year.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 197-198|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 16 December - The official declaration of the Bill of Rights.

Undated

* Supporters of William seize Liverpool Castle.
* Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate.cite book |title= The Hutchinson Factfinder |publisher= Helicon |year= 1999 |isbn= 1-85986-000-1 ]
* First performance of the Henry Purcell opera "Dido and Aeneas" in London.

Publications

* John Locke's "On Civil Government" and "A Letter Concerning Toleration".

Births

* 24 May - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, politician (died 1769)
* 26 May - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, writer (died 1762)
* 24 July - William, Duke of Gloucester (died 1700)
* 19 August - Samuel Richardson, writer (died 1761)

Deaths

* 6 January - Bishop Seth Ward, mathematician and astronomer (born 1617)
* 18 March - John Dixwell, judge (born 1607)
* 16 April - Aphra Behn, author (born 1640)
* 18 April - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Lord Chief Justice (born 1648)
* 25 June - William Thomas, bishop (born 1613)
* 29 December - Thomas Sydenham, physician (born 1624)

References

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