The glorious revolution 1688-1701 key dates

1689

Bill of rights

1689

Mutiny act

1701

Act of Settlement

1689

toleration act

1689

Seige of Derry

1689

Battle of Killicrankie

1691

Battle of Aughrim

1691

Battle of the Boyne

1692

Macdonalds of Glencoe attacked

1688

Glorious revolution

1688

Start of nine years war

1690

Start of Rage of Party

1692

Whig Junto

1694

Triennial act

1695

inquiries to investigate government corruption

1696

Loyal Association passed

1697

Restrictions on the army

1698

commission to investigate crown finances

1699

Bill of Resumption

1690

parliament made up of 225 Whigs and 206 Tories

1696

Jacobite assassination plot

1698

Whig Junto dismantled

1698

army limited to 7000

1693

first triennial act denied by royal veto

1691

Parliament only funds 10 000 troops

1696

nine years war peace talks, both sides bankrupt

1697

Treaty of Ryswick

1688

Royal income doubled

1692

land tax

1698

creation of National debt

1690

Public accounts act

1691

the first commission was set up

1694

Tonnage act

1696

Recoinage act

1694

Bank of England

1690

900 meeting houses gained licenses allowing dissenters to freely worship

1691

Latitudinarian John Tillotson appointed archbishop of Canterbury

1695

Licensing act expired (dissenters gain more publishing freedoms)

1689-1715

only 19 constituencies without contests