1688

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  • December 11 - After a series of defeats King James II of England flees England for Ireland.
  • Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
  • The Nine Years War begins in Europe and America.
  • Austria occupies Belgrade.
  • Friedrich I of Prussia becomes Kurfürst (Elector) of Brandenburg.
  • Francesco Morosini becomes Doge of Venice.
  • James, Callinicus II, and Neophytus IV are Patriarchs of Constantinople.
  • Gerasimus I succeeds Parthenius I as Patriarch of Alexandria.
  • Jan Stanislaw Zbaski succeeds Mikolaj Stefan Radziejowski as bishop of Warmia.
  • Peter Delanoy succeeds Stephanus Van Cortlandt as mayor of New York City.
  • Asmus Bremer becomes mayor of Kiel.
  • Toleration Act is passed in England.
  • Fire destroys Bungay in England.
  • Neuruppin becomes a Prussian garrison town.
  • Etienne Baluze publishes Marca hispanica.
  • David Abercromby publishes Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore.
  • Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House.
  • William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
  • Janez Vajkard Valvasor becomes a member of the Royal Society.
  • The Austrians incite a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria.
  • General Phetracha stages a coup d'état and becomes king of Ayutthaya.

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