Editing 1688 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 21]] &ndash; The Venetians raise the [[Siege of Negroponte (1688)|siege of Negroponte]].<ref name="NE" />{{rp|358}}
* [[October 26]] &ndash; King [[James II of England]] dismisses his [[Minister (government)|minister]] [[Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Kenyon |first1=John Philipps |title=Robert Spencer, Earl of Sunderland, 1641-1702 |date=1975 |publisher=Greenwood Press |location=Westport |isbn=978-0-8371-8150-9 |page=226 |url=https://archive.org/details/robertspencerear0000keny/page/226/mode/2up |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 11]] (November 1 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; [[Glorious Revolution]]: [[William III of Orange]] sets sail a second time from [[Hellevoetsluis]], the Netherlands, to take over England, Scotland and Ireland from [[King James II of England]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jardine |first1=Lisa |title=Temptation in the Archives |date=2015 |publisher=UCL Press |location=London |isbn=9781910634097 |page=18 |url=https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/33203/548010.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Ormrod |first1=David |last2=Rommelse |first2=Gijs |title=War, Trade and the State: Anglo-Dutch Conflict, 1652-89 |date=2020 |publisher=Boydell & Brewer |isbn=978-1-78327-324-9 |page=115 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aAo7EAAAQBAJ&dq=Hellevoetsluis+%2211+november+1688%22&pg=PA115 |access-date=9 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[November 15]] (November 5 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The Glorious Revolution begins: [[William III of England|William of Orange]] lands at [[Torbay]], England with a multinational force of 20,000 soldiers.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hoppit |first1=Julian |authorlink=Julian Hoppit|title=A Land of Liberty?: England 1689-1727 |date=22 June 2000 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-158652-1 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OKWpDgAAQBAJ&dq=william+20,000+%225+november+1688%22&pg=PA15 |access-date=9 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref> He makes no claim to the British Crown, saying only that he has come to save [[Protestantism]] and to maintain English liberty, and begins a march on [[London]].
* [[November 19]] (November 9 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; William of Orange captures [[Exeter]], after the magistrates flee the city.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Longmate |first1=Norman |title=Island fortress : the defence of Great Britain 1603-1945 |date=2001 |publisher=Pimlico |location=London |isbn=978-0-7126-6813-2 |page=108 |url=https://archive.org/details/islandfortressde0000long/page/108/mode/2up?q=exeter |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 20]] (November 10 [[Old Style and New Style dates|OS]]) &ndash; The [[Wincanton Skirmish]] between forces loyal to James II led by [[Patrick Sarsfield]] and a party of Dutch troops is one of the few armed clashes in England during the Glorious Revolution.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wauchope |first1=Piers |title=Patrick Sarsfield and the Williamite War |date=1992 |publisher=Irish Academic Press |location=Dublin |isbn=978-0-7165-2476-2 |pages=36–39 |url=https://archive.org/details/patricksarsfield0000wauc/page/36/mode/2up |access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[November 23]] &ndash; A group of 1,500 [[Old Believers]] [[Self-immolation|immolate]] themselves to avoid capture, when troops of the [[Peter I of Russia|tsar]] lay [[siege]] to their [[monastery]] on [[Lake Onega]].
* [[November 26]] &ndash; Hearing that William of Orange has landed in [[England]], [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] declares war on the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Modelski |first1=George |title=Documenting Global Leadership |date=18 June 1988 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-349-10227-3 |page=189 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yGuuCwAAQBAJ&dq=%2226+november+1688%22+louis+xiv+holy+roman+empire&pg=PA189 |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[December 7]] &ndash; [[File:Derry Guildhall Tercentenary Window of The Honourable The Irish Society Detail The shutting of the gates 7 December 1688 A.D. 2019 08 29.jpg|thumb|upright|[[December 7]]: The shutting of the gates in [[Derry]] in a stained glass window of the [[Guildhall, Derry|Guildhall]]<ref>{{cite journal |first=Billy |last=Kelly |title=THE GUILDHALL: Derry's Museum in Glass |journal=History Ireland |volume=17 |issue=6 |date=2009 |pages=66–69 |jstor=40588462}}</ref>]] The gates of [[Derry]] are shut in front of the Jacobite [[Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim|Earl of Antrim]] and his "redshanks".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Reid |first1=James Seaton |last2=Killen |first2=William Dool |last3=Alexander |first3=Samuel Davies |title=History of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland |date=1860 |publisher=Robert Charter & Brothers |location=New York |page=232 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofpresbyt00reid/page/232/mode/2up?q=%227th+of+december%22 |access-date=10 June 2023}}</ref> This initiates the [[siege of Derry]], which is the first major event in the [[Williamite War in Ireland]].
* [[December 9]] &ndash; The Battle of Reading takes place in Reading, Berkshire. It is the only substantial military action in England during the Glorious Revolution and ends in a decisive victory for forces loyal to William of Orange.
* [[December 11]] &ndash; Having led his army to [[Salisbury]] and been deserted by his troops, [[James II of England|James VII and II]] attempts to flee to France.
* [[December 18]] &ndash; [[William III of England|William of Orange]], Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic and the future King William III of the United Kingdom, enters London.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Israel |first1=Jonathan Irvine |title=The Anglo-Dutch Moment: Essays on the Glorious Revolution and Its World Impact |date=30 October 2003 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-54406-1 |page=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NCvyi5_m6ScC&dq=william+of+orange+london+%2218+december+1688%22&pg=PA1 |access-date=10 June 2023 |language=en}}</ref>