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Events
February 6
- James Stuart, Duke of York becomes King
James II of England
and
Ireland
and King
James VII of Scotland
.
February 18
- Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at
Matagorda Bay
thus forming the basis for
France
's claim to
Texas
.
June 20
-
Monmouth Rebellion
:
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
, illegitimate son of King
Charles II of England
,
Scotland
and Ireland declares himself King and heir to his father's Kingdoms as James II of
England
and Ireland and James VII of Scotland, after already forming his own army and campaigning against his uncle.
July 6
- Monmouth Rebellion: The
Battle of Sedgemoor
between the armies of King James II of England and rebel forces under Monmouth. Monmouth's army is defeated and the Duke himself is captured shortly after the battle.
July 15
- The Duke of Monmouth is executed at
Tower Hill
October 18
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19
-
Louis XIV
declares the
Edict of Fontainebleau
, which revokes the
Edict of Nantes
and declares
Protestantism
illegal.
Adam Baldrigde founds a pirate base in St Mary Island in the
Madagascar
Births
February 23
-
George Frideric Handel
, German composer
March 12
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George Berkeley
, English philosopher (d.
1753
)
March 21
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Johann Sebastian Bach
, German composer (d.
1750
)
April 15
- Empress
Catherine I of Russia
October 1
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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor
October 26
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Domenico Scarlatti
, Italian composer
Deaths
February 6
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King Charles II of England
, Scotland and Ireland
February 11
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David Teniers III
, Flemish painter
July 15
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James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
(beheaded)
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
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