Historical Events That Occurred in the Year 1688
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Deaths
- Abraham Duquesne, French naval officer
- Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg
- Antoine Furetière, French writer
- Constantine Phaulkon, Greek adventurer
- Ralph Cudworth, English philosopher
- Narai, King of Siam
- James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde, English statesman and soldier
- Henry Morgan, Welsh privateer
- John Bunyan, English writer
- Robert Viner, Lord Mayor of London
- Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle, English statesman
- Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, French philologist
- Philippe Quinault, French writer
- Gaspar Fagel, Dutch statesman
Births
- Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
- Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher
- Pierre de Marivaux, French writer
- Queen Ulrike Eleonora of Sweden
- Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden
- Joseph-Nicolas Delisle, French astronomer
- Johann Friedrich Fasch, German composer
- Alexander Pope, English poet
- James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender"
- Frederick William I of Prussia
- Frederick William I of Prussia
- Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor
- Ferdinand Brokoff, Czech sculptor
- William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist
- Nadir Shah of Persia
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