WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1689
Find out what all happened February to June 1689

The Williamite War in Ireland begins. (12. March 1689)

The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication. (12. February 1689)

King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting a war with France. (12. May 1689)

The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting Protestants. Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded. (24. May 1689)

The 23rd Regiment of Foot or Royal Welch Fusiliers is founded. (16. March 1689)

William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. (11. April 1689)

The former king, James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry. (20. April 1689)

Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros. (18. April 1689)

William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England. (13. February 1689)

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