Major Events
- Jan 22 Prince William of Orange (future King William III of Britain), summons Convention Parliament to discuss ruling jointly with his wife Mary (daughter of exiled King James II)
- Feb 13 Parliament of England adopts the Bill of Rights which establishes the rights of parliament and places limits on the crown
- Jul 1 Matsuo Basho, zen poet, leaves for 150 days journey on Honshu, Japan
- Jul 27 Battle of Killicrankie: Jacobite Scottish Highlanders under Viscount Dundee defeat royalist force under General MacKay
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English Parliament passes Bill of Rights establishing limits on crown powers and requirement for regular elections
Born in 1689
- Jan 18 Montesquieu, French philosopher and writer (Letters Persanes), born in Château de la Brède, France (d. 1755)
- Jan 29 Hubert K. Poot, Dutch poet (Akkerleven (Field Life); Minnezangen (Love Songs)), born in Abtswoude, Dutch Republic (d. 1733)
- Apr 15 Ferdinand Zellbell the elder, Swedish composer, born in Uppsala, Sweden (d. 1765)
- May 15 Mary Wortley Montagu, English poet and writer (wrote about life in Istanbul, advocated for smallpox inoculation), born at Holme Pierrepont Hall, England (d. 1762) (baptism 26 May)
- May 24 Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea, English politician (d. 1769)
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Who Died in 1689
- Jan 6 Seth Ward, English mathematician and astronomer (b. 1617)
- Feb 12 Marie Louise D'Orleans, Queen consort of Spain as the first wife of King Charles II of Spain, dies of a possible appendicitis at 26
- Feb 21 Isaacus Vossius [Isaac Vos], Dutch librarian, dies
- Mar 18 John Dixwell, English judge (b. 1607)
- Apr 16 Aphra Behn, English dramatist and novelist (Oroonoko - one of earliest English novels), dies at 48
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