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Timeline of the Monmouth rebellion and the wars of the Grand Alliance and the Spanish Succession
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| YEAR | MILITARY | POLITICAL | SOCIAL |
| 1685 | Battle of Sedgemoor | Death of Charles II.
Accession of James II.
Monmouth's Rebellion | Revocation of the Edit of Nantes |
| 1686 | | League of Augsberg formed | Tune Lilliburlero |
| 1687 | | Declaration of Indulgence | Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica |
| 1688 | Louis XIV invades Palatinate | James II Deposed
"Glorious Revolution"
Start of the War of the League of Augsberg | Dampier explores Australia |
| 1689 | Siege of Londonderry
Battle of Killiecrankie | Accession of William & Mary
Bill of Rights
Louis XIV declares war on Spain & England
League of Augsberg becomes the Grand Alliance | Purcell's Dido & Aeneas, first English opera
Racine's Esther |
| 1690 | Battle of Beachy Head
Battle of the Boyne | | John Lock's Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
| 1691 | | Treaty of Limerick | |
| 1692 | Massacre at Glencoe
Battle of la Hogue
Battle of Steinkirk | | Lloyd's coffee house begins marine insurance |
| 1693 | Battle of Landen | | National Debt created |
| 1694 | Naval attack on Brest | Death of Mary II
Triennial Act | Bank of England founded
Chelsea Hospital opened |
| 1695 | Capture of Namur | | |
| 1696 | | | Eddystone Lighthouse built |
| 1697 | | Treaty of Ryswick ends War of the Grand Alliance | St Paul's Cathedral opens for services
Perrault's Fairy Tales published
Whitehall Palace burnt down |
| 1698 | | | Scottish attempt to settle Darien |
| 1699 | | | |
| 1700 | | Death of Charles II of Spain | William Congreve's Way of the World
Old Moore's Almanac first published |
| 1701 | | Death of James II
Act of Settlement | Yale University founded as Collegiate School of America |
| 1702 | Capture of Leige | Death of William III
Accession of Queen Anne
Marlborough made Captain General
War of the Spanish Succession starts
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| 1703 | | | |
| 1704 | Capture of Gibraltar
Battle of Blenheim | | |
| 1705 | | | Vanbrugh starts building Blenheim Palace |
| 1706 | Battle of Ramilles
Battle of Turin | | John Evelyn stopped writing his Diary |
| 1707 | Battle of Alamanza | Act of Union | George Farquhar's Beaux Strategem |
| 1708 | Battle of Oudenarde | | |
| 1709 | Capture of Tournai
Battle of Malplaquet | | The Tatler starts |
| 1710 | | Impeachment of Dr Sacheverell | South Sea Company formed
First Copyright Act |
| 1711 | Marlborough dismissed | | Alexander Pope's Essay on Criticism
The Spectator starts |
| 1712 | | | John Bull character first appears |
| 1713 | | Treaty of Utrecht ends War of the Spanish Succession | |
| 1714 | | Death of Queen Anne | |