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Dates; Royal assent: 16 December 1689: Commencement: 13 February 1689 ... The Bill of Rights 1689 ... Along with the Act of Settlement 1701, ...
Parliament House, where the Convention of Estates met in March 1689. The 1689 Convention of Estates sat between 16 March 1689 and 5 June 1689 to determine the settlement of the Scottish throne, following the deposition of James VII (II of England) following the Dutch invasion by "force of arms" by Prince William of Orange and his wife Mary (daughter of James II) in the "so called" English 1688 ...
The Lachine massacre, part of the Beaver Wars, occurred when 1,500 Mohawk warriors launched a surprise attack against the small (375 inhabitants) settlement of Lachine, New France, at the upper end of Montreal Island, on the morning of 5 August 1689.
In April 1689, while Dutch troops occupied London, Parliament made William and Mary joint monarchs of England and Ireland. A separate but similar Scottish settlement was made in June. Domestically, the Revolution confirmed the primacy of Parliament over the Crown in both England and Scotland.
On 7 January 1689, the Scottish Privy Council asked William to act as regent pending election of a Convention of the Estates of Scotland. In February 1689, William and Mary were appointed joint monarchs of England and in March, the Convention met to agree a similar settlement for Scotland.
1689 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1689th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 689th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1680s decade. As of the start of ...
1607 – Founding of the Jamestown Settlement. Attempted colony at Sagadahoc fails. 1608 – Founding of Quebec City by Samuel de Champlain. 1609–10 – The Starving Time at Jamestown. [1] 1609 – Henry Hudson explores the Hudson River. 1610- First English settlement in Newfoundland; 1611–16 – Thomas Dale and Thomas Gates serve as ...
The settlement served as the capital of the ... It was dissolved after news reached Boston in April 1689 of the ... After some sparring as to the date, the holiday ...