West-Europese adel » Cornelia de Groot (1686-1689)

Day of death June 8, 1689

• Stadhouder Prins Willem III (Huis van Oranje) was from 1672 till 1702 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• In the year 1689: Source: Wikipedia
  • 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 13 » William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.
  • April 18 » Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.
  • May 24 » The English Parliament passes the Act of Toleration protecting dissenting Protestants but excluding Roman Catholics.
  • October 26 » General Piccolomini of Austria burns down Skopje to prevent the spread of cholera; he died of the disease himself soon after.
  • December 16 » Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.

Source: Wikipedia

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