1690 to 1699

1690

jul 01 - William defeats James II at river Boyne.
jul 04 - James II departs for France.
aug 09 - Unsuccessful siege at Limerick by Williamite forces [u.aug 30]
aug - A fleet of thirty-four ships leave Boston city to attack Quebec.

1691

jul 12 - Jacobites defeated at Battle of Aughrim
aug 25 - Siege of Limerick [u.sep 24]
oct 03 - Truce allowing the signing of the Treaty of Limerick, which guaranteed Catholic rights of worship and free passage of Jacobite soldiers to France.
dec - || First of the penal laws passed, Catholics excluded from parliament and public office by means of oath of supremacy.
x - Innocent XII + becomes pope ?+ [u.1700] [re.List of Popes]

1692

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x - Salem witch trials.
x - || Williamites begin confiscation of land from those who supported James. [u.1703]

1694

x - Ivan V and Peter of Russia become the real rulers of Russia after their mother's death.
x - || Death of Mary II.
x - Voltaire is born.

1696

x - |Status| England has 100 paper mills.
x - || Ivan V + dies leaving Peter + as sole tsar.
x - Augustus II is elected leader of Poland.
x - Denis Papin, a professor of mathematics, builds two submarines ?+.

1697

x - King William's War ends.

1698

x - Public library opens in Charleston, S.C.