1688
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- December 11 - After a series of defeats King James II of England flees England for Ireland.
- Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor
- The Nine Years War begins in Europe and America.
- Austria occupies Belgrade.
- Friedrich I of Prussia becomes Kurfürst (Elector) of Brandenburg.
- Francesco Morosini becomes Doge of Venice.
- James, Callinicus II, and Neophytus IV are Patriarchs of Constantinople.
- Gerasimus I succeeds Parthenius I as Patriarch of Alexandria.
- Jan Stanislaw Zbaski succeeds Mikolaj Stefan Radziejowski as bishop of Warmia.
- Peter Delanoy succeeds Stephanus Van Cortlandt as mayor of New York City.
- Asmus Bremer becomes mayor of Kiel.
- Toleration Act is passed in England.
- Fire destroys Bungay in England.
- Neuruppin becomes a Prussian garrison town.
- Etienne Baluze publishes Marca hispanica.
- David Abercromby publishes Ars explorandi medicas facultates plantarum ex solo sapore.
- Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House.
- William Dampier makes first recorded visit to Christmas Island.
- Janez Vajkard Valvasor becomes a member of the Royal Society.
- The Austrians incite a rebellion against the Ottomans in Bulgaria.
- General Phetracha stages a coup d'état and becomes king of Ayutthaya.
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