1688

Year 1688 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 10-day slower ).

January - June

 * - Germantown Quaker Protest Against Slavery drafted by four.
 * March - makes first recorded visit to.
 * - becomes  (Elector) of.
 * - A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the "", invite and  to depose.

July - December

 * July - stages a  and becomes king of.
 * - King fires
 * - The begins:  lands at  but  is prevented from meeting him in battle because many of his officers and men desert to the other side.
 * - William of Orange captures after the magistrates flee the city.
 * - A group of 1500  themselves to avoid capture when troops of the  laid  to their  on.
 * - Hearing that William of Orange has landed in, declares war on the . Perhaps revealingly, he does not attack the  but instead strikes at the heart of the  with about 100,000 soldiers.  The  begins in  and.
 * - After a series of defeats King flees  for.

Undated

 * occupies.
 * becomes.
 * Fire destroys in.
 * becomes a n.
 * begins work on the Heaven Room at.
 * becomes a member of the.
 * The incite a rebellion against the  in.

Births

 * -, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died )
 * - Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (died )
 * - Queen (died )
 * -, French playwright (died )
 * March -, British colonial administrator (died )
 * -, French astronomer (died )
 * -, German composer (died )
 * -, English poet (died )
 * -, "The Old Pretender" (died )
 * -, Italian missionary to China (died )
 * - King (died )
 * -, Czech sculptor (died )
 * -, Italian composer (died )
 * - of  (died )
 * Date Unknown -, English publisher (died )


 * See also .

Deaths

 * -, French naval officer (born )
 * - ((born )
 * -, French writer (born )
 * -, Greek adventurer (born )
 * -, English philosopher (born )
 * - (born
 * -, Irish statesman (born )
 * -, Welsh privateer and Governor of Jamaica (born c. )
 * -, English writer (born )
 * -, Lord Mayor of London (born )
 * -, English statesman (born )
 * -, French philologist (born )
 * -, French dramatist (born )
 * -, Dutch statesman (born )
 * -, Dutch statesman (born )


 * See also .