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April 23, 1688Born on Saturday April 24, 1688
- Joannes Adriaensse Gorde, Rucphen
- Mary SACKVILLE, Copt Hall, Waltham Abbey, Essex († 1705)
- Bartholomeus Jorisz den Elsen, Zoeterwoude
- Adrianus Paulus Gheeven, Budel
- Dirk Jacobszn Zeestraten, Vogelenzang, The Netherlands († 1762)
- Vincenzo TOMASELLI, Pedara,95030,Catane,Sicile,ITALIE († 1764)
- Joist Joosten, Tegelen
- Marie Madeleine Messiant, Steenbecque (F)
- Arnoldus SCHOOVAERTS, Haacht, Haacht, Vlaams-Brabant, België
- Petrus Florissen, Horst Limb († 1751)
Died on Saturday April 24, 1688
- Anna Florentina Baroness Van Boetzelaer-Asperen (54), 's-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
- Heijltje Arijensdr. (58)
- Anna Danner (79), Schlat, Göppingen, Donaukreis, Württemberg, Germany
- Anna Florentine van Boetzelaer (54), 's Gravenhage
- Anna Florentina Baroness van van den Boetzelaer (54), 's-Gravenhage, South Holland, Netherlands
- Anna Florentina van den Boetzelaer van Asperen (54), 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Anna Florentina van den Boetzelaer (54), Den Haag, Nederland
- Agnes Aubrebis (64), Onhaye, Namur, Belgique
- Johan Gallas (40), Brielle, Voorne-Putten, Z.H
- Caspar Schenk von Nideggen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 24, 1688 at Delpher
Born on April 24
- 1562 » Xu Guangqi, Ming Dynasty Chinese politician, scholar and lay Catholic leader († 1633)
- 1581 » Vincent de Paul, French priest and saint († 1660)
- 1608 » Gaston, Duke of Orléans, third son of King Henry IV of France († 1660)
- 1620 » John Graunt, English demographer and statistician († 1674)
- 1706 » Giovanni Battista Martini, Italian pianist and composer († 1780)
- 1718 » Nathaniel Hone the Elder, Irish-English painter and educator († 1784)
- 1743 » Edmund Cartwright, English clergyman and engineer, invented the power loom († 1823)
- 1784 » Peter Vivian Daniel, American lawyer and jurist († 1860)
- 1815 » Anthony Trollope, English novelist, essayist, and short story writer († 1882)
- 1823 » Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Mexican politician, President of Mexico († 1889)
Died on April 24
- 1513 » Şehzade Ahmet, Ottoman prince (b. 1465)
- 1617 » Concino Concini, Italian-French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1575)
- 1622 » Fidelis of Sigmaringen, German friar and saint (b. 1577)
- 1656 » Thomas Fincke, Danish mathematician and physicist (b. 1561)
- 1731 » Daniel Defoe, English journalist, novelist, and spy (b. 1660)
- 1748 » Anton thor Helle, German-Estonian clergyman and translator (b. 1683)
- 1779 » Eleazar Wheelock, American minister and academic, founded Dartmouth College (b. 1711)
- 1794 » Axel von Fersen the Elder, Swedish field marshal and politician (b. 1719)
- 1852 » Vasily Zhukovsky, Russian poet and translator (b. 1783)
- 1889 » Zulma Carraud, French author (b. 1796)
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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.
- September 26 » The city council of Amsterdam votes to support William of Orange's invasion of England, which became the Glorious Revolution.
- November 5 » William III of England lands with a Dutch fleet at Brixham.
- December 9 » Glorious Revolution: Williamite forces defeat Jacobites at Battle of Reading, forcing flight of James II from the country.
- 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.
- December 23 » As part of the Glorious Revolution, King James II of England flees from England to Paris, France after being deposed in favor of his nephew, William of Orange and his daughter Mary.