page_title: 1680s
section_title: July–December
hierarchical_section_title: 1680s / Events / 1688 / July–December
caption_attribution_description: Guildhall, Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland English: Right-most main panel of the stained glass in the bay window of the Main Hall, titled “The shutting of the gates 7 December 1688 A.D.”
context_page_description: The 1680s decade ran from January 1, 1680, to December 31, 1689.
context_section_description: July 13 – The Siege of Negroponte by the Venetians begins.
  August 1 – Phetracha becomes king of Ayutthaya, after a coup d'état.
  September 6 – Great Turkish War: The Habsburg army captures Belgrade.
  October 21 – The Venetians raise the Siege of Negroponte.
  October 27 – King James II of England dismisses his minister Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland.
  November 11 (November 1 OS) – 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.
  November 15 (November 5 OS) – The Glorious Revolution begins: William of Orange lands at Torbay, England with a multinational force of 15,000 mercenaries. 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 OS) – William of Orange captures Exeter, after the magistrates flee the city.
  November 20 (November 10 OS) – 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.
  November 23 – A group of 1,500 Old Believers immolate themselves to avoid capture, when troops of the tsar lay siege to their monastery on Lake Onega.
  November 26 – Hearing that William of Orange has landed in England, Louis XIV declares war on the Netherlands. Perhaps revealingly, he does not attack the Netherlands, but instead strikes at the heart of the Holy Roman Empire, with about 100,000 soldiers. The Nine Years' War begins in Europe and America.
  December 7 –  The gates of Derry were shut in front of the Jacobite Earl of Antrim and his "redshanks". This initiated the Siege of Derry which was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland.
  December 9 – 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 – Having led his army to Salisbury and been deserted by his troops, James VII and II attempts to flee to France.
  December 18 – William of Orange enters London.
caption: December 7: The shutting of the gates in Derry in a stained glass window of the Guildhall[16]
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