Editing 1689 (section)

=== July&ndash;September ===
* [[July 25]] &ndash; The [[Council of Wales and the Marches]] is abolished.
* [[July 27]] &ndash; [[First Jacobite rising]]: [[Battle of Killiecrankie]] near [[Pitlochry]] in [[Perthshire]] &ndash; Scottish [[Covenanter]] supporters of [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] (under [[Hugh Mackay (general)|Hugh Mackay]]) are defeated by [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] supporters of James II, but the latter's leader, [[John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee|John Graham, Viscount Dundee]], is killed. [[Hand grenade]]s are used in action.<ref name=BTL12>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL12|desc=Battle of Killiecrankie|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
* [[July 28]] &ndash; English sailors break through a floating boom across the [[River Foyle]], to end the [[siege of Derry]] after 105 days.<ref>{{cite web|title=Parades and Marches - Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events|work=Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN)|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/parade/chpa2.htm|access-date=January 28, 2010}}</ref>
* [[August 2]] &ndash; [[Boston Revolt]]: [[Edmund Andros]], former governor of the [[Dominion of New England]], escapes from Boston to [[Connecticut]], but is recaptured.
* [[August 5]] &ndash; [[Beaver Wars]]: [[Lachine massacre]] &ndash; A force of 1,500 [[Iroquois]] largely destroys the village of [[Lachine, Quebec|Lachine]], [[New France]].
* [[August 12]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent XI|Innocent XI]] (Benedetto Odescalchi, b. 1611), Pope since [[1676]], dies. He played a major part in founding both the League of Augsburg, against Louis XIV, and the Holy League, against the Ottoman Empire.
* [[August 20]] &ndash; A large [[Williamite]] force under [[Marshal Schomberg]] begins the [[Siege of Carrickfergus (1689)|siege of Carrickfergus]] in the north of Ireland, which surrenders on August 27.
* [[August 21]] &ndash; First Jacobite rising: [[Battle of Dunkeld]] &ndash; Covenanters defeat the [[Jacobitism|Jacobite]]s in Scotland.<ref name=BTL32>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=BTL32|desc=Battle of Dunkeld|access-date=June 19, 2020}}</ref>
* [[August 23]]
**Roman Catholic cardinals convene in Rome for a [[1689 papal conclave|papal conclave]] to elect a successor to Pope Innocent XI.  The conclave lasts until October 6.
**Gravely ill, the [[Empress Xiaoyiren]] is proclaimed empress by her husband, China's [[Kangxi Emperor]], after having been Imperial Noble Consort since 1682. She dies the next day.
* [[August 27]] &ndash; [[Qing dynasty|China]] and [[Tsardom of Russia|Russia]] sign the [[Treaty of Nerchinsk]].
* [[September 8]] &ndash; The Siege of [[Mainz]] (in the modern-day Rheinland-Pfalz state of Germany), which had started on June 1, ends after almost three months, as French General [[Nicolas Chalon du Blé]] surrenders the walled city to the armies of Austria and the Dutch Republic.
* [[September 9]] &ndash; King William brings England into a military alliance with the Holy Roman Empire in a fight against France in the [[Nine Years War]].
* [[September 24]] &ndash; The Holy Roman Empire wins the [[Battle of Niš (1689)|Battle of Niš]], fought against the Ottoman Empire during the [[Great Turkish War]] in modern-day [[Serbia]].
* [[September 28]]&ndash;[[September 29|29]] &ndash; A total [[lunar eclipse]] is visible in eastern America, western Europe and west Africa.<ref name="Astro1511689">{{cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1511689/|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1689 September 28-29|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>