Event of Interest
Jun 30 Whig Lords questions prince William III of Orange on Protestantism
- Jul 19 Soldiers killed governor of Aerssen in Paramaribo
- Sep 6 Austrian armies occupy Belgrade
- Sep 20 French troops occupies Palts
- Sep 24 France declares war on Germany
- Sep 24 Louis-Armand de Lom d’Arce leaves Michillimakinac on a mysterious journey of exploration about which he later writes he discovered a 'Long' river [1]
- Sep 26 City council of Amsterdam votes to support Prince William of Orange's invasion of England, which became known as 'The Glorious Revolution' in the Netherlands
- Oct 1 Prince William of Orange accepts invitation of take up the British crown
- Oct 27 King James II dismisses premier Robert Spencer
- Nov 11 Prince William of Orange's invasion fleet sails to England
- Nov 15 Prince William of Orange's army lands at Torbay, England; the 'Glorious Revolution' commences
- Nov 24 General strategist John Churchill meets William III
- Nov 26 Duke of Savoye signs on to League of Augsburg
- Nov 26 King James II escapes back to London
Event of Interest
Dec 4 General John Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) changes allegiance from James II to William of Orange
- Dec 9 King James II's wife and son flee England for France
- Dec 10 King James II flees London
- Dec 11 King James II captured in Kent
- Dec 20 Prince William of Orange's troops arrive in London
- Dec 22 Earl of Danby occupies York for King William III, Prince of Orange
- Dec 23 King James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch flees to France from William of Orange
- Dec 25 British King James II lands in Ambleteuse, France
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