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1/#OTD 1688 William of Orange received a letter from 7 English nobles, asking him to place military pressure on James II to name the king's daughter Mary (William's wife) his heir.

This letter would eventually lead to the and William & Mary taking the throne.

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2022-06-30

19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of and the first first engagements of the war. https://t.co/O1SU5bR1UL

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2021-04-19

1689 William III & Mary II were proclaimed King & Queen at the Banqueting House and presented with the Declaration of Rights by the marquess of Halifax as speaker of the House of Lords

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2021-02-13

There were various options open to in settling the 1) invite James II back under limitations; 2) make William of Orange king; 3) make Princess Mary queen; 4) make William & Mary joint monarchs
1689

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2021-01-22

1688 James II reached but rapidly abandoned plans to push his cavalry forward to meet William of Orange as he didn't trust them not to defect. He took to his bed suffering from stress & constant nosebleeds

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2020-11-19

1688 William of Orange made his landing at Torbay. With him was an invasion army numbering between 14,000 & 15,000, including troops from Switzerland, Finland & 200 black soldiers from Dutch plantations in

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2020-11-05

19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of and the first first engagements of the war. https://t.co/O1SU5c8CMj

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2020-04-19

19 April 1775: The American revolution begins as troops open fire on American colonist during the Battle of and the first first engagements of the war. https://t.co/O1SU5bR1UL

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2020-04-19

1688 the people of Brixham were greeted by the arrival of an invasion fleet: William of Orange making landfall on the fortuitous anniversary of the discovery of the
Now he had to wait to see who would rally to him.

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2019-11-05

In command of the invasion force was Admiral Arthur Herbert. James II had sacked him the year before so William took advantage & invited him to join his forces.
Herbert went on to be rewarded with an earldom & a job at the head of the admiralty

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