January 22 » The Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones of England and Ireland when he fled to France in 1688.
February 12 » The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
April 20 » Deposed monarch James II of England lays siege to Derry.
July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of death April 7, 1716
The temperature on April 7, 1716 was about 5.0 °C. Source: KNMI
July 8 » The Battle of Dynekilen forces Sweden to abandon its invasion of Norway.
August 5 » Austro-Turkish War (1716–1718): One-fifth of a Turkish army and the Grand Vizier are killed in the Battle of Petrovaradin.
August 21 » Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: The arrival of naval reinforcements and the news of the Battle of Petrovaradin force the Ottomans to abandon the Siege of Corfu, thus preserving the Ionian Islands under Venetian rule.
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