Editing 1689 (section)

=== April&ndash;June ===
* [[April 4]] &ndash; A total [[lunar eclipse]] is visible in central Asia.<ref name="Astro1211689">{{cite web|url=http://astro.ukho.gov.uk/eclipse/1211689/|title=Total Eclipse of the Moon: 1689 April 04|website=astro.ukho.gov.uk|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>
* [[April 11]] (O.S.) &ndash; [[William III of England|William III]] and [[Mary II of England|Mary II]] are crowned in London as King and Queen of [[Kingdom of England|England]], [[Kingdom of Scotland|Scotland]] and [[Kingdom of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref> Ireland does not recognise them yet, while the [[Estates of Scotland]] declare King [[James VII of Scotland]] deposed.
* [[April 18]]
** [[1689 Boston revolt|Boston revolt]]: Unpopular [[Dominion of New England|New England]] Governor Sir [[Edmund Andros]] and other officials are overthrown by a "mob" of [[Boston]]ians. Andros, an appointee of [[James II of England]], is disliked for his support of the [[Church of England]] and revocation of various colonial charters.
** The [[Siege of Derry]] begins in Ireland as former King James II arrives at the gates of [[Derry]] and asks for its surrender during the Williamite War in Ireland. The [[Protestant]] defenders refuse and the siege lasts until August 1 when it is abandoned.  .<ref>{{cite web|title=The Siege of Derry in Ulster Protestant mythology|url=http://www.cruithni.org.uk/feature/siege.html|work=Cruithni|date=December 31, 2001|access-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref>
* [[April 19]] - A fire in [[Amalienborg]]-palace in Copenhagen killed 180 people.
* [[May 11]] (May 1 O.S.)
**The [[Battle of Bantry Bay]] begins during the Williamite War in Ireland as the French fleet under the [[François Louis de Rousselet, Marquis de Châteaurenault|Marquis de Châteaurenault]] is able to protect its transports, unloading supplies for James II, from the English [[Royal Navy]] under the [[Arthur Herbert, 1st Earl of Torrington|Earl of Torrington]], and withdraws unpursued.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lynn|first=John A.|title=The Wars of Louis XIV, 1667–1714|location=Harlow|publisher=Longman|year=1999|isbn=0-582-05629-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/page/203 203]|url=https://archive.org/details/warsoflouisxiv1600lynn/page/203|access-date=October 27, 2022}}</ref>
**William and Mary accept the Scottish throne a month after the Scottish Parliament votes to depose King James VII
* [[May 12]] &ndash; [[Nine Years' War]]: With England and the Netherlands now both ruled by [[William III of England|William III]], they join the [[Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)]], thus escalating the conflict, which continues until [[1697]]. This is also the effective beginning of [[King William's War]], the first of four North American Wars (until [[1763]]) between English and French colonists, both sides allied to [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] tribes. The nature of the fighting is a series of raids on each other's settlements, across the Canadian and [[New England]] borders.
* [[May 24]] &ndash; The [[Act of Toleration 1689|Act of Toleration]], drawn up by the [[Convention Parliament (1689)|Convention Parliament]] of England to protect [[Protestantism|Protestants]] but with [[Roman Catholics]] intentionally excluded, is passed; this effectively concludes the [[Glorious Revolution]].
* [[May 25]] &ndash; The last [[hearth tax]] is collected in [[England and Wales]].
* [[May 31]] &ndash; [[Leisler's Rebellion]]: [[Calvinist]] [[Jacob Leisler]] deposes lieutenant governor [[Francis Nicholson]] and assumes control of the [[Province of New York]].
* [[June 5]] &ndash; The [[Convention of Estates (1689)|Convention of Estates]] adjourns in Scotland after 11 weeks and its members form a new Scottish parliament.
* [[June 14]] &ndash; The [[George Gordon, 1st Duke of Gordon|Duke of Gordon]], a Scottish peer and Jacobite supporter, surrenders [[Edinburgh Castle]] to Protestant attackers after holding out for 20 days following the [[Glorious Revolution]].