War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
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War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented…
Nine Years' War: Piedmontese troops are defeated by the French.
British-Dutch forces under William III defending the city of Brussels fight an inconclusive battle at Steenkerque…
Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell…
A Williamite army under Godert de Ginkell takes the city of Athlone from the Jacobites after a short siege
Battle of Aughrim (Julian calendar): The decisive victory of William III of England's forces in Ireland.
An Imperial army under Ludwig of Baden defeats the Ottomans in the battle of Slankamen.
War of the Grand Alliance: Marshal de Luxembourg triumphs over an Anglo-Dutch army at the battle of Fleurus.
Glorious Revolution: Battle of the Boyne in Ireland (as reckoned under the Julian calendar).
Nine Years' War: French naval forces led by Anne Hilarion de Tourville fresh from their victory at Beachy Head sail…
Job Charnock of the East India Company establishes a factory in Calcutta, an event formerly considered the founding of…
The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics
Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing Empire (Julian calendar).
General Enea Silvio Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he dies of the disease…
King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutt