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June 29, 1688Born on Wednesday June 30, 1688
- Isabella Luisa Van Savoye-Carignan († 1767)
- Helena Van Gompel, Dessel,Antwerpen,Belgium
- Gerrit Wolbertsz, Woudenberg
- George Friedrich Charles VON BRANDENBURG-BAYREUTH, Schloss Oberzulzbürg, Mühlhausen, Neumarkt, Bavaria, Germany († 1735)
- Georg Friedrich Carl Von BRANDENBURG BAYREUTH, Sulzburg († 1735)
- Henricus Thijmens van Brakel, Amersfoort († 1691)
- Frans Cornelius Dens, Boom, 2850, Antwerpen, Belgium († 1712)
- Abel Swartvelt, Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Johannes Gilless HEUSDEN, Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland († 1690)
- Joannes Dugardin, Ichtegem († 1759)
Died on Wednesday June 30, 1688
- Samuel Boys (70)
- Borries HEUWEN SYRTJES, Jemgum
- Pleun Dirksz Quartel (71), Numansdorp, zh.nld
- Maria Cornelisse van 't Wout (53), Delft
- Pleun QUARTEL (71)
- Heinrich Hermann Crone (43), Alfhausen, Duitsland
- Pleun Dircks QUARTEL (58), Numansdorp
- Henrich Hermann Crone (43), Alfhausen
- Jacob Du Forest (36)
- Jacob du Forest (36)
Born on June 30
- 1588 » Giovanni Maria Sabino, Italian organist, composer, and educator († 1649)
- 1641 » Meinhardt Schomberg, 3rd Duke of Schomberg, German-English general († 1719)
- 1685 » John Gay, English poet and playwright († 1732)
- 1688 » Abu l-Hasan Ali I, ruler of Tunisia († 1756)
- 1722 » Jiří Antonín Benda, Czech composer, violinist and Kapellmeister († 1795)
- 1755 » Paul Barras, French soldier and politician († 1829)
- 1789 » Horace Vernet, French painter and academic († 1863)
- 1791 » Félix Savart, French physicist and psychologist († 1841)
- 1803 » Thomas Lovell Beddoes, English poet, playwright, and physician († 1849)
- 1807 » Friedrich Theodor Vischer, German author, poet, and playwright (d.1887)
Died on June 30
- 1607 » Caesar Baronius, Italian cardinal and historian (b. 1538)
- 1649 » Simon Vouet, French painter (b. 1590)
- 1660 » William Oughtred, English minister and mathematician (b. 1575)
- 1666 » Alexander Brome, English poet and playwright (b. 1620)
- 1670 » Henrietta of England (b. 1644)
- 1704 » John Quelch, English pirate (b. 1665)
- 1708 » Tekle Haymanot I of Ethiopia (b. 1684)
- 1709 » Edward Lhuyd, Welsh botanist, linguist, and geographer (b. 1660)
- 1785 » James Oglethorpe, English general and politician, 1st Colonial Governor of Georgia (b. 1696)
- 1796 » Abraham Yates Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1724)
Names that were popular for boys in 1688
- Jan
- Joannes
- Cornelis
- Johannes
- Jacob
- Pieter
- Petrus
- Willem
- Jean
- Hendrik
- Jacobus
- John
- Gerrit
- Johann
- Thomas
- Adrianus
Names that were popular for girls in 1688
- Maria
- Anna
- Marie
- Catharina
- Elisabeth
- Neeltje
- Joanna
- Cornelia
- Johanna
- Mary
- Elizabeth
- Anne
- Jannetje
- Grietje
- Trijntje
- Lijsbeth
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.
- 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.