Explore 39 historical events from 1680–1689.
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, p…
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)
Stjepan Gradić, also known as Stefano Gradi was a polymath, philosopher, scientist and a patrician of the Republic of Ragusa.
Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and mathematician (born 1613)
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United St…
Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. T…
Glorious Revolution: Provincial militia and citizens in Boston revolted, arresting officials of the Dominion of New Engl
Kateri Tekakwitha, given the name Tekakwitha (Tekaouïta, baptized as Catherine, known as Lily of the Mohawks and Protectress of Canada, also as Geneviève of New France/ Geneviève o…
Kateri Tekakwitha, Mohawk-born Native American saint (born 1656)
Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her t…
Christina, queen of Sweden (born 1626)
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five o…
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (born 1622)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys was a Welsh judge and politician. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor. His conduct as…
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1648)
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cul…
Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
Johann David Heinichen was a German Baroque composer and music theorist who brought the musical genius of Venice to the court of Augustus II the Strong in Dresden. After he died, H…
Johann David Heinichen, German composer and theorist (died 1729)
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea and 3rd Earl of Nottingham,, of Burley House near Oakham in Rutland and of Eastwell Park near Ashford in Kent, was a British peer and politicia…
Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician, Lord President of the Council (died 1769)
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys was a Welsh judge and politician. He became notable during the reign of King James II, rising to the position of Lord Chancellor. His conduct as…
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, Welsh judge and politician, Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (born 1648)
Christina, a member of the House of Vasa, was Queen of Sweden from 1632 until her abdication in 1654. Her conversion to Catholicism and refusal to marry led her to relinquish her t…
Christina, queen of Sweden (born 1626)
Boston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It serves as a cultural and financial center of New England, a region of the Northeastern United St…
Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England from the 13th century until 1707 when it was replaced by the Parliament of Great Britain. Parliament evolved…
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was an English aristocrat, medical pioneer, writer, and poet. Born in 1689, Lady Mary spent her early life in England. In 1712, Lady Mary married Edward W…
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (died 1762)
Aphra Behn was an English playwright, poet, prose writer and translator from the Restoration era. As one of the first English women to earn her living by her writing, she broke cul…
Aphra Behn, English author and playwright (born 1640)
The Glorious Revolution was the deposition of King James II in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, James's nephew William III of Orange. T…
Glorious Revolution: Provincial militia and citizens in Boston revolted, arresting officials of the Dominion of New Engl
The Toleration Act 1688, also referred to as the Act of Toleration or the Toleration Act 1689, was an act of the Parliament of England. Passed in the aftermath of the Glorious Revo…
The Act of Toleration became law, granting freedom of worship to English nonconformists under certain circumstances, but
King Narai the Great, or Ramathibodi III, was the 27th monarch of Ayutthaya Kingdom, the 4th and last monarch of the Prasat Thong dynasty. He was the king of Ayutthaya Kingdom from…
King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutt
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gr…
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Antoine Furetière was a French scholar, writer, and lexicographer, known best for his satirical novel Le Roman bourgeois, and also his famous Dictionnaire universel. The Académie F…
Antoine Furetière, French scholar, lexicographer, and author (born 1619)
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 19th Baron de Ros was an English statesman and poet who exerted considerable political power during the reign of Charles II of England.
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English poet and politician, Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire (b
Vasily Nikitich Tatishchev was a Russian statesman, historian, philosopher, and ethnographer. He is known as the author of a book on Russian history titled The History of Russia, p…
Vasily Tatishchev, Russian ethnographer and politician (died 1750)
Antonina Houbraken was an 18th-century Dutch draughtswoman who is known for her many topographical drawings of Dutch sites. She also drew landscapes. She is recorded as a skilled p…
Antonina Houbraken, Dutch illustrator (died 1736)
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra was a Spanish dramatist and historian. His work includes drama, poetry, and prose, and he has been considered one of the last great writers of Spanis…
Antonio de Solís y Ribadeneyra, Spanish historian and playwright (born 1610)
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit FRS was a physicist, inventor, and scientific instrument maker. He was born in Poland to a family of German origin, although he spent much of his life in …
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, Polish-German physicist and engineer, developed the Fahrenheit scale (died 1736)
Count Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie was a Swedish statesman and military man. He became a member of the Swedish Privy Council in 1647 and came to be the holder of three of the five o…
Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie, Swedish statesman and military man (born 1622)
Otto von Guericke was a German scientist, inventor, mathematician, and physicist. His pioneering scientific work, the development of experimental methods and repeatable demonstrati…
Otto von Guericke, German physicist and inventor of the Magdeburg Hemispheres (born 1602)
The Battle on Vrtijeljka was fought on the hill of Vrtijeljka near Cetinje between a Venetian irregular force and an advancing Ottoman force on 7 May 1685 at the start of the Morea…
Battle of Vrtijeljka between rebels and Ottoman forces
Bajo Pivljanin, born Dragojlo Nikolić, was a Serbian hajduk commander mostly active in the Ottoman territories of Herzegovina and southern Dalmatia. Born in Piva, a Serbian Herzego…
Bajo Pivljanin (born 1630)
Charles II was Elector Palatine from 1680 to 1685. He was the son of Charles I Louis, Elector Palatine of the House of Wittelsbach, and Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel.
Charles II, German elector palatine (born 1651)
Charles II was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his death in 1685.
Succeeding Charles II, his late brother, James II was crowned King of England, becoming last Catholic to hold the title
Baroness Françoise Charlotte Amable d'Aubigné-Maintenon, Duchess of Noailles was a French aristocrat, the wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles, 3rd Duke of Noailles. She was the niec…
Françoise Charlotte d'Aubigné, French wife of Adrien Maurice de Noailles (died 1739)