1688

Centuries: 16th century - 17th century - 18th century

Decades: 1630s 1640s 1650s 1660s 1670s - 1680s - 1690s 1700s 1710s 1720s 1730s

Years: 1683 1684 1685 1686 1687 - 1688 - 1689 1690 1691 1692 1693

• A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the "Immortal Seven", invite William and Mary to depose James II of England.
• November 5 - William and Mary invade England, landing at Brixham.
• December 11 - After a series of defeats King James II of England flees England for Ireland.
• Austria occupies Belgrade.
• Friedrich I of Prussia becomes Kurfürst[?] (Elector) of Brandenburg.
• Francesco Morosini[?] becomes Doge of Venice[?].
• James[?], Callinicus II[?], and Neophytus IV[?] are Patriarchs of Constantinople.
• Gerasimus I[?] succeeds Parthenius I[?] as Patriarch of Alexandria.
• Jan Stanislaw Zbaski[?] succeeds Mikolaj Stefan Radziejowski[?] as bishop of Warmia.
• Peter Delanoy[?] succeeds Stephanus Van Cortlandt[?] as mayor of New York City.
• Asmus Bremer[?] becomes mayor of Kiel.
• Toleration Act[?] is passed in England.
• Bungay in England is nearly destroyed by fire.
• Neuruppin becomes a Prussian garrison town[?].
• Etienne Baluze publishes Marca hispanica.
• David Abercromby publishes Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore.
• Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House[?].
• William Dampier[?] makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
• Janez Vajkard Valvasor becomes a member of the Royal Society.

Births

• January 18 - Lionel Cranfield Sackville, 1st Duke Of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (+ 1765)
• January 29 - Emanuel Swedenborg Swedish scientist, philosopher and theologian.
• February 2 - Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden
• February 4 - Pierre de Marivaux, playwright (+ 1763)
• May 21 - Alexander Pope, poet (+ 1744)
• June 10 - Prince James Francis Edward Stuart, later claimant to the thrones of Scotland and England, and figurehead for Jacobitism
• August 15 - King Frederick William I of Prussia
• William Burnet, British colonial administrator (+ 1728)
• Charles Rivington, English publisher (+ 1742)
• Nadir Shah (+ 1747)

Deaths

• April 29 - Friedrich Wilhelm I of Brandenburg
• June 26 - Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher
• July 21 - James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman, soldier
• August 31 - John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress
• November 26 - Philippe Quinault, French dramatist
• Henry Morgan, privateer and governor
• Narai of Thailand[?]