TIME LINE OF THE HOUSE OF STUART 1689 - 1714
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1689 | Accession of William III (of Orange) and Mary. |
William forms the Grand Alliance against Lewis. | |
The Bill of Rights is enacted | |
1690 | Battle of Killiecrankie, July 27 |
Siege of Londonderry. | |
Bill of Rights. - Toleration Act grants rights to Trinitarian Protestant dissenters - Mutiny Bill. | |
Secession of the Non-Jurors. | |
Abjuration Bill and Act of Grace. | |
Battle of Beachy Head,June 30. | |
William III. wins the Battle of the Boyne, July 1st. | |
William repulsed from Limerick. | |
William III defeats Irish and French army | |
1691 | Battle of Aughrim July. |
Capitulation anti Treaty of Limerick | |
1692 | Massacre of Glencoe. |
Battle of La Hogue, May 19. | |
1693 | Sunderland'st, plan of a Ministry. |
The National Debt is established | |
1694 | Bank of England founded ; Triennial Act sets the maximum duration of a parliament at three years |
Mary II. dies | |
1695 | Lapse of Licensing Act |
1697 | Peace treaty of Ryswick between allied powers of the League of Augsburg and France; |
Civil List Act votes funds for the maintenance of the royal household | |
1696 | Currency restored. |
1697 | Peace of Ryswick. |
1698 | First Partition Treaty. |
1700 | Second Partition Treaty. |
1701 | Duke of Anjou becomes King of Spain |
War of Spanish Succession begins; | |
Act of Settlement passed, which settles the royal succession on the descendants of Sophia of Hanover | |
Death of James II | |
1702 | Death of William III; accession of Queen Anne, (who died 1714) . |
1704 | Battle of Blenheim, August 13. |
Harley and St. John take office. | |
British, Dutch, German and Austrian troops defeat French and Bavarian forces ; | |
Sir George Rooke captures Gibraltar from Spain | |
The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French as Blenheim | |
Isaac Newton's Opticks is published | |
1705 | Victories of Peterborough in Spain. |
1706 | Marlborough defeats the French at the battle of Ramillies, May 23. |
1707 | Act of Union with Scotland. |
1708 | Dismissal of Harley and St. John. |
Marlborough defeats the French at the battle of Oudenarde. | |
1709 | Marlborough defeats the French at the battle of Malplaquet. |
1710 | Trial and Impeachment of Dr. Sacheverell ; |
Tory Ministry of Harley and St. John. | |
1711 | Marlborough is dismissed |
1712 | Dismissal of Marlborough. |
1713 | Peace treaty of Utrecht concludes the War of Spanish Succession |
1714 - 1727 | George I succeeds Anne |