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Born on Tuesday December 28, 1688
- Joannes Lucasz Pels, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Dionisius Claes VAN OECKELEN, Ravels,2381,Antwerpen,Vlaanderen,BELGIË († 1728)
- Johann Forchert, Danzig
- Antonia Roelofs, Beers
- Johann Ernst Escher, Grosspoehla, Zwickau, Saxony
- Abigail Young († 1781)
- Catharina Stadthouders, Oosterhout
- Jean Joseph SCHNEIDER, Traubach-le-Haut (68210, Haut-Rhin, France) († 1689)
- Joannes Goedemont, Antwerpen Sint Jacob
- Anne Marie Crahay, Soumagne, Luik, België
Died on Tuesday December 28, 1688
- Quirina Vosburgh, Terneuzen
- Martinus Meer (86), Olen
- Helena Dorothea von Starhemberg (54), Wien, Wien, Austria
- Teejes HAVINGHS (5), Termunterzijl, Termunten, Delfzijl, Groningen, Nederland
- Isabelle Caracciolo (64)
- Jacques POURRE (68), Audres
- Anna Eschenbacher (66), Hochdorf, Plochingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Jan Lucas Pels (5), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Elisabeth Sophia van Hake
- Helena Dorothea von STARHEMBERG (54), Wien, Wien, Österreich
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from December 28, 1688 at Delpher
Born on December 28
- 1619 » Antoine Furetière, French author and scholar († 1688)
- 1635 » Elizabeth Stuart, second daughter of King Charles I of England († 1650)
- 1651 » Johann Krieger, German organist and composer († 1735)
- 1655 » Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk († 1698)
- 1665 » George FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire († 1716)
- 1722 » Eliza Lucas, Caribbean-American agriculturalist († 1793)
- 1763 » John Molson, English-Canadian brewer, founded the Molson Brewery († 1836)
- 1775 » Jean-Gabriel Eynard, Swiss banker and photographer († 1863)
- 1789 » Catharine Maria Sedgwick, American novelist of "domestic fiction" († 1867)
- 1798 » Thomas Henderson, Scottish astronomer and mathematician († 1844)
Died on December 28
- 1622 » Francis de Sales, French bishop and saint (b. 1567)
- 1663 » Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)
- 1671 » Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar and critic (b. 1611)
- 1694 » Mary II of England (b. 1662)
- 1703 » Mustafa II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1664)
- 1706 » Pierre Bayle, French philosopher and author (b. 1647)
- 1708 » Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, French botanist and mycologist (b. 1656)
- 1715 » William Carstares, Scottish minister and academic (b. 1649)
- 1734 » Rob Roy MacGregor, Scottish outlaw (b. 1671)
- 1736 » Antonio Caldara, Italian composer (b. 1670)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1688
- Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
- May 10 » King Narai nominates Phetracha as regent, leading to the revolution of 1688 in which Phetracha becomes king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom.
- June 30 » The Immortal Seven issue the Invitation to William, which would culminate in the Glorious Revolution.
- September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- November 1 » William III of Orange sets out a second time from Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from King James II of England during the Glorious Revolution.
- November 9 » Glorious Revolution: William of Orange captures Exeter.
- December 11 » Glorious Revolution: James II of England, while trying to flee to France, throws the Great Seal of the Realm into the River Thames.