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.
March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
July 27 » Glorious Revolution: The Battle of Killiecrankie is a victory for the Jacobites.
August 5 » Beaver Wars: Fifteen hundred Iroquois attack Lachine in New France.
December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.
Day of marriage April 18, 1717
The temperature on April 18, 1717 was about 7.0 °C. Source: KNMI
January 4 » The Netherlands, Great Britain, and France sign the Triple Alliance in an attempt to maintain the Treaty of Utrecht; Britain having signed a preliminary alliance with France on November 28 (November 17, 1716).
March 2 » The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
June 24 » The Premier Grand Lodge of England is founded in London, the first Masonic Grand Lodge in the world (now the United Grand Lodge of England).
August 17 » Austro-Turkish War of 1716–18: The month-long Siege of Belgrade ends with Prince Eugene of Savoy's Austrian troops capturing the city from the Ottoman Empire.
August 22 » Spanish troops land on Sardinia.
September 29 » An earthquake strikes Antigua Guatemala, destroying much of the city's architecture.
Day of burial February 17, 1745
The temperature on February 17, 1745 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west by south. Weather type: geheel betrokken. Source: KNMI
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