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Events

Louis XIV of France passed the "Code Noir," allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies.
January 11 - The Parliament of England declares King James II of England deposed.
February 13 - William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland. Scotland and Ireland do not yet recognize them.
April 11 - The Estates of Scotland declare King James VII of Scotland deposed.
April 11 - Crowning of co-rulers King William III and Mary II as King and Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland. Ireland does not recognize them yet.
May 12 - King William's War: William III of England joins the League of Augsburg starting the war.
May 24 - The Act of Toleration passes the English Parliament protecting Protestants (Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).
May 25 - Last collection of the Hearth Tax n England and Wales. It was abolished by William III of England
May 31 - Leisler's Rebellion - Calvinist Jacob Leisler deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of New York colony
July 27 - Glorious Revolution: Battle of Killiecrankie ends
August 5 - 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine, in New France.
August 27 - China and Russia signed the Treaty of Nerchinsk.
December 16 - The official declaration of the English Bill of Rights

Births

January 18 - Montesquieu, French writer (d. 1755)
May 24 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
May 26 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, English writer (d. 1762)
June 26 - Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University (d. 1769)
July 9 - Alexis Piron, French writer (d. 1773)
August 19 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
October 22 - King John V of Portugal (d. 1750)
December 23 - Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, French composer

Deaths

January 6 - Bishop Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
March 18 - John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
April 16 - Aphra Behn, English author
April 18 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, British Lord Chief Justice (b. 1648)
April 19 - Queen Christina of Sweden (b. 1626)
July 8 - Edward Wooster, English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622)
August 12 - Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611)
August 21 - William Cleland, Scottish poet and soldier
November 26 - Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (b. 1635)
December 29 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (b. 1624)

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