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.
March 12 » James II of England landed at Kinsale, starting the Williamite War in Ireland.
April 11 » William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain.
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.
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