WHAT HAPPENED IN 1689.
Look what happened the 1689.

The Convention Parliament convenes to determine if James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones when he fled to France in 1688. (22. January 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)

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

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

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

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

Glorious Revolution: the Battle of Killiecrankie ends. (27. July 1689)

1,500 Iroquois attack the village of Lachine in New France. (5. August 1689)

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland. (21. August 1689)

The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire. (27. August 1689)

General Piccolomini of Austria burned down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera. He died of cholera himself soon after. (26. October 1689)

Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights. (16. December 1689)