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| 1 | 1685 | |
| 2 | 1686 | - 1686: England - James II disregards Test Act; Roman Catholics appointed to public office
- 1686: CA - De Troyes and D'Iberville capture three English posts on James Bay (June-July).
- 1686: CA - King James II and Louis XIV sign neutrality pact handing forts of St. John's and Port Royal back to the French.
- 1686: NL - De Sint Maartensvloed kost in de provincie Groningen 1558 mensenlevens.
- 1686: NL - Groote watervloed : alleen in 't Oldambt zouden 482 menschen verdronken zijn.
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| 3 | 1687 | |
| 4 | 1688 | |
| 5 | 1689 | - 1689: England - Convention Parliament issues Bill of Rights; establishes a constitutional monarchy in Britain; bars Roman Catholics from the throne; Toleration Act grants freedom of worship to dissenters in England; Grand Alliance of the League of Augsburg, England, and the Netherlands
- 1689: England - King William's War: English Colonies vs France 1689-1697.
- 1689: Londonderry, Ireland - Catholic forces loyal to James II land from France and lay siege
- 1689: CA - For the next 8 years, King William's War (American counterpart of the War of the Grand Alliance in Europe) -- Abenakis, Penobscot, other New England tribes, attacked by English and their Iroquois allies. This is the first of the French-English wars for control of North America, continuing to 1763. During these wars, the Iroquois League generally sides with the English, and the Algonquian tribes with the French.
- 1689: CA - Nicolas Perrot formally claims upper Mississippi region for France.
- 1689: CA - The Iroquois kill many French settlers at Lachine.
- 1689: NL - Willem III wordt koning van Engeland.
- 13 Feb 1689: England - William III and Mary II, rulers of England to 1702. House of Stuart (restored): Son of William, Prince of Orange, by
Mary, daughter of Charles I. Mary eldest daughter of James II. She died 1694.
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| 6 | 1690 | - 1690: England - John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding
- 1690: India - The English found Calcutta
- 1690: Ireland - Battle of the Boyne: James II defeated, flees into exile
- 1690: Salem, Massachusetts - The first shipment of bananas arrived in the colonies
- 1690: CA - Sent by Massachusetts, Sir William Phips captures Port Royal (11 May). Frontenac repels Phips' attack on Quebec (October). These events are part of what is sometimes called King William's War.
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| 7 | 1691 | - 3 Oct 1691: Limerick, Ireland - The Treaty of Limerick allows Catholics in Ireland to exercise their religion freely, but severe penal laws soon follow. The French War begins
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| 8 | 1692 | - 1692: England - Retribution against Catholics who helped James II until 1710, lands confiscated, given to Protestants; harsh laws passed against Catholic religion and trade
- 1692: NL - De jenever wordt volksdrank.
- 13 Feb 1692: Glencoe, Scotland - The Glencoe Massacre occurs
- 3 Aug 1692: England - Battle of Steinkirk and Battle of Lande (against France), both defeats for England, through into 1693
- 22 Oct 1692: CA - Marie Madelaine Jarret de Vercheres defends the family fort with a handful of seniors and children against the Iroquois, a true youthful hero of New France.
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| 9 | 1693 | - 1693: England - Richest counties: Middlesex (with London), Surrey, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire; Poorest Counties: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland
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| 10 | 1694 | |
| 11 | 1695 | |
| 12 | 1696 | - 1696: CA - European fur market collapses as fashion temporarily changes, leading to an increase in colonist settlers wanting permanent land to clear and farm.
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| 13 | 1697 | - 1697: England - Blasphemy Act in England
- 1697: England - Civil List Act votes funds for the maintenance of the Royal Household
- 1697: England - Peace of Ryswick between the allied powers of the League of Augsburg and France ends the French War
- 1697: After almost a decade of guerrilla warfare, the Peace of Ryswick merely confirms the status quo, even returning Acadia, captured by the English, to the French. England and France make temporary peace in 1697 (Treaty of Ryswick).
- 10 Nov 1697: England - Birth of William Hogarth (died 1764), bitter satirical artist of great genius, chronicling social evils of the times
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| 14 | 1698 | - 1698: England - Thomas Savery patented an engine which produced a vacuum by condensing steam. It was employed for raising water from a mine and supplying water to several country houses.
- 1698: Russia - Tsar Peter the Great begins taxing men with beards
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| 15 | 1699 | - 23 May 1699: America - John Bartram was born. A naturalist and explorer, considered 'father of American botany'; established a world renowned botanical garden in Philadelphia in 1728.
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| 16 | 1700 | - 1700: England - Population of England and Wales estimated at 5.5 million
- 1700: England - Population of English colonies in America, 200,000
- 1700: CA - Population of Acadia is 1,400. Clear that New France is not going to be self-sufficient.
- 1700: NL - Invoering van de Gregoriaanse kalender in Friesland. Op 31-12-1700 volgde 12-01-1701.
- 26 Jan 1700: CA - The Cascadia Earthquake, one of the largest earthquakes on record, ruptures the Cascadia Subduction Zone offshore from Vancouver Island to northern California, creating a tsunami that wiped out the winter village of Pachena Bay leaving no survivors.
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| 17 | 1701 | - 1701: England - Jethro Tull invents the seed drill.
- 1701: England - Death of James II in exile, King Louis of France recognises James's son as King James III
- 1701: England - The Act of Settlement settles the Royal Succession on the Protestant descendants of Sophia of Hanover. William III forms a grand alliance between England, Holland and Austria to prevent the union of the Spanish and French crowns. The War of the Spanish Succession breaks out in Europe over the vacant throne
- 1701: CA - Detroit, Michigan founded as Fort Pontchartrain du détroit by Antoine de Lamothe Cadillac.
- 1701: CA - War of the Spanish Succession begins in Europe; spreads to North America (Queen Anne's War) in 1702.
- 1701: CA- Peace treaty signed between the Iroquois Confederacy and the French and English.
- 1701: NL - Lodewijk XIV bezet de Zuidelijke Nederlanden.
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| 18 | 1702 | - 1702: England - Queen Anne, ruler of England to 1714. House of Stuart (restored): 2nd daughter of James II. Died with no living heirs.
- 1702: England - England tries to prevent grandson of Louis of France from taking Spanish throne; John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, instrumental in uniting England, Holland, Austria and Germany against France (period to 1713)
- 1702: England - Queen Anne's War: England declares war on France as part of the War of the Spanish Succession. English Colonies vs France 1702-1713.
- 1702: England - Death of King William III in a riding accident. He is succeeded by his sister-in-law.
- 1702: England - Freehold yeomen represent one eigth of population of England. Substantial tenant farmers represent a little less; coffee houses become popular
- 1702: CA - For the next 11 years, The short-lived Peace of Ryswick collapses with the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession, which erupts in the colonies as Queen Anne's War. It ends with France losing North American territory to Britain.
- 1702: NL - Willem III van Oranje-Nassau overlijdt aan de gevolgen van een val van zijn paard op Hampton Court.
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| 19 | 1703 | - 1703: Epworth, Lincolnshire, England - Birth of John Wesley. By 1784, 356 Methodist chapels built in places lacking church
- 1703: CA - Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil becomes Governor of New France.
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| 20 | 1704 | - 1704: England - Johann Sebastian Bach began composing music
- 1704: Gibraltar - British capture Gibraltar from Spain
- 1704: CA - French destroy the English settlement at Bonavista, Newfoundland.
- 13 Aug 1704: England - British, Dutch, German and Austrian troops, under the Duke of Marlborough, defeat the French and Bavarians at the Battle of Blenheim
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| 21 | 1706 | - 1706: London, England - The Evening Post, first evening newspaper issued
- 23 May 1706: Netherlands - British, Bavarian and Austrian troops under Marlborough defeat the French at the Battle of Ramillies, and expel the French from the Netherlands
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| 22 | 1707 | - 1707: Great Britain - The Act of Union unites the kingdoms of England and Scotland and transfers the seat of Scottish Government to London
- 1707: CA - Port Royal is attacked twice by the English from Massachusetts.
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| 23 | 1708 | - 1708: NL - Strenge winter : vorst van 24 December tot in Mei.
- 11 Jul 1708: England - The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French at the Battle of Oudenarde. The French incur heavy losses. Queen Anne vetoes a parliamentary bill to recognise the Scottish militia. This is the last time a bill is vetoed by the sovereign
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1685 - Fev 1708 (~ 22 years)