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| 1687 |
| | | Newton publishes Principia Mathematica, proving gravity to be a constant in all physical systems | |
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| 1687 |
| | | The Hungarian diet grants the Habsburg dynasty in Austria a hereditary right to the crown of St Stephen | |
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| 1688 |
| | | A son (the future 'Old Pretender') is born to James II, giving Britain a Catholic heir to the throne | |
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| 1688 |
| | | Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko makes an early protest against the inhumanity of the African slave trade | |
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| 1688 |
| | | Sébastien de Vauban's socket bayonet is introduced in the French army | |
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| 1688 |
| | | English grandees invite William III of Orange and his wife Mary, daughter of James II, to claim the British throne | |
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| 1688 |
| | | John Bunyan dies during a preaching visit to London, and is buried in the Nonconformist cemetery, Bunhill Fields | |
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| 1688 |
| | | William III of Orange lands with an army at Torbay and marches to London with almost no opposition from supporters of James II | |
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| 1689 |
| | | Parliament in Westminster makes the restrictive Bill of Rights the condition on which William III and Mary II are crowned | |
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| 1689-1694 |
| | | William III and Mary II embark on extensive work at Hampton Court including demolition of the old Royal lodgings and building of new South and East Fronts around a new quadrangle, the Fountain Court | |
|  | Hampton Court Palace, South and East fronts, c.1910
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