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Events

Louis XIV Of France passed the "''Code Noir''," allowing the full use of slaves in the French colonies.

January 11 - The Parliament of England declares King James II Of England deposed.

February 13 - William III and Mary II are proclaimed co-rulers of England , Scotland and Ireland . Scotland and Ireland do not yet recognize them.

April 11 - The Estates of Scotland declare King James VII Of Scotland deposed.

April 11 - Crowning of co-rulers King William III and Mary II as King and Queen of England , Scotland and Ireland . Ireland does not recognize them yet.

joins the League Of Augsburg starting the war.

May 24 - The Act Of Toleration passes the English Parliament protecting Protestants ( Roman Catholics are intentionally excluded).

May 25 - Last collection of the Hearth Tax n England and Wales. It was abolished by William III Of England

May 31 - Leisler's Rebellion - Calvinist Jacob Leisler deposes lieutenant governor Francis Nicholson and assumes control of New York colony

ends

August 5 - 1,500 Iroquois attack village of Lachine , in New France .

August 27 - China and Russia signed the Treaty Of Nerchinsk .

December 16 - The official declaration of the English Bill Of Rights

Births

January 18 - Montesquieu , French writer (d. 1755 )

May 24 - Daniel Finch, 8th Earl Of Winchilsea , English politician (d. 1769 )

May 26 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , English writer (d. 1762 )

June 26 - Edward Holyoke , American President of Harvard University (d. 1769 )

July 9 - Alexis Piron , French writer (d. 1773 )

August 19 - Samuel Richardson , English writer (d. 1761 )

October 22 - King John V Of Portugal (d. 1750 )

December 23 - Joseph Bodin De Boismortier , French composer

Deaths

January 6 - Bishop Seth Ward , English mathematician and astonomer (b. 1617 )

March 18 - John Dixwell , English judge (b. 1607 )

April 16 - Aphra Behn , English author

April 18 - George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys , British Lord Chief Justice (b. 1648 )

April 19 - Queen Christina Of Sweden (b. 1626 )

July 8 - Edward Wooster , English Connecticut pioneer (b. 1622 )

August 12 - Pope Innocent XI (b. 1611 )

August 21 - William Cleland , Scottish poet and soldier

November 26 - Marquard Gude , German archaeologist (b. 1635 )

December 29 - Thomas Sydenham , English physician (b. 1624 )