1688

1688 (MDCLXXXVIII) was a leap year beginning on Thursday, according to the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• April 27: Enlargement of the Declaration of Indulgence in England.
• April 29: Federico I de Prussia is elected ruler of the Duchy of Prussia. During his government, the Kingdom of Prussia, a unifying future of the German State will be established.
• May 17: The Siamese Revolution in Thailand is given with the coup d'etat against King Narai.
• June 5: A 7.0 terromoto shakes the Italian province of Benevento leaving 10,000 dead.
• 10 July: the Turkish city of Esmirna is shaken by an earthquake of 7.0 that leaves a balance of 16,000 dead.
• November: The Glorious Revolution begins in England where the Parliamentarians overthrow King James II.
• 24 November: Luis XIV de France publishes its manifesto Memoire de raisonswhich becomes an ultimatum for the rest of European countries. It required, among other things, to ratify the Tregua de Ratisbona and to recognize its right to the territory of its sister-in-law. These demands, seen as unacceptable by the rest of the powers, triggers the Nine Years War against Augsburg League.
• 26 November: French invasion of the Holy Roman German Empire, where the city of Philippsburg is besieged.
• 11 November: King James II of England flees to France. It establishes a provisional parliamentary government led by its nephew William III of Orange.

Births

• January 29: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish theologian and scientist (f. 1772)
• 4 February: Pierre de Marivaux, French playwright (f. 1763)
• April 28: Giacomo Antonio Boni, Italian painter (f. 1766)
• May 22: Alexander Pope, British poet (f. 1744)
• June 30: Ali I, ruler of Tunisia (f. 1756).
• 14 August: Federico Guillermo I, king of Prussia (f. 1740).
• 17 October: Domenico Zipoli Italian musician (f. 1726)
• 22 October: Nader Shah, the founding Persian king of the Afghan dynasty (f. 1747)

Deaths

• January 28: Ferdinand Verbiest, Jesuit missionary (n. 1623)
• 8 March: Honoré Fabri, French mathematician (n. 1608)
• August 25: Sir Henry Morgan, English pirate.
• August 31: John Bunyan, an English writer known for his work The progress of the pilgrim (n. 1628).
• October 9: Claudio Perrault, French physicist (n. 1613).