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1650, Nov 41689-17021702, Mar 8
sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672, and King of England (and Supreme Governor of the Church of England), Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death. William's reputation as a strong Protestant enabled him to take the British crowns when many were fearful of a revival of Catholicism under James.
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10/15/1654-Prince William III appointed viceroy of Overijssel 
10/01/1657-Treaty of Raalte: William III no longer viceroy of Overijssel
02/07/1668-Dutch Prince William III dances in premiere of Francois Francœur's Ballet of Peace 
07/09/1672-William III of England inaugurated as viceroy of Holland/Zealand 
09/06/1672-William III's troops reconquer Naarden on France 
09/12/1673-Prince William III occupies Naarden 
11/12/1673-Siege of Bonn ends, Dutch troops under William III occupy the city
08/11/1674-First Battle of Seneffe ( vs Louis de Bourbon[2])
10/26/1674-Prince William III occupies Grave 
02/21/1675-Prince William III appointed viceroy of Gelderland 
03/02/1675-Prince William III installed as governor of Overijssel 
04/11/1677-Battle of Cassel, French troops beat Dutch Prince William III
11/04/1677-Prince William III of England marries his first-cousin, English princess Mary II
08/14/1678-The Battle of Saint-Denis begins - French repulse William III
06/30/1688-Whig-Lords questions prince William III on Protestantism 
10/01/1688-Prince William III accepts the invitation of the English crown to occupy 
11/11/1688-Prince William III's invasion fleet sails to England 
11/15/1688-Prince William III's army lands at Torbay England 
11/24/1688-General strategist John Churchill  meets William III 
12/04/1688-General strategist John Churchill joins with William III 
12/20/1688-Prince William III's troops pull into London 
01/22/1689-Prince William III calls English parliament together 
02/13/1689-Dutch prince William III and wife Mary II proclaimed joint sovereigns of Britain
02/14/1689-English parliament places Mary II/Prince William III on the throne 
03/14/1689-Scotland dismisses William III and Mary II as king and queen 
04/11/1689-William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
05/09/1689-English King William III declares war on France 
06/11/1690-English king William III departs for Ireland 
06/14/1690-King William III's army lands at Carrickfergus, Ireland
07/01/1690-Army of England's Protestant King William III defeats Roman Catholic King James II in Battle of Boyne in Ireland
07/1/1690-Battle of the Boyne -- William III of Orange beats Irish Jacobite forces under King James II
09/06/1690-King William III escapes back to England 
01/18/1691-English king William III travels to The Hague 
07/12/1691-Battle of Aughrim (Aghrim) England, William III beats James II
02/13/1692-MacDonald clan murdered on orders of King William III 
07/24/1692-French defeat William III of England at Steinkirk (Enghein) 
05/12/1695-English king William III departs to Netherlands 
08/04/1695-French garrison of surrenders to William III 
09/01/1695-Dutch/English army under king William III occupies Names 
09/04/1695-French garrison of castle Names surrenders for William III 
10/10/1695-King William III escapes South Netherlands, back to England 
03/07/1696-English king William III departs Netherlands 
08/13/1696-State of Drenthe accredits William III as mayor 
05/24/1697-English king William III travels through northern Europe 
03/08/1702-James II's daughter, Queen Anne Stuart, becomes Queen of England upon the death of King William III
05/12/1849-William Alexander Paul Frederick Louis crowned king William III in Amsterdam
04/26/1853-Dutch King William III disbands second Chamber 
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Amalia of Solms-Braunfels
...regency council during the minority of her grandson William III, Prince of Orange from 1650 until 1672. She was the...
John Bancks
...including works on the lives of Jesus, Oliver Cromwell and William III.
Richard Blackmore
...Revolution, and Prince Arthur was a celebration of William III.
Hans Bontemantel
...regenten dismissed on 10 September 1672 by stadthouder William III of Orange, at the same time as the dismissal of...
Gilbert Burnet
...party, and was one of the few close friends in whom King William III confided.
John Cheere
...1732. Among his works were a gilt equestrian statue of William III in St James's Square, London, made in 1739, and...
Caius Gabriel Cibber
...Cibber. He was appointed "carver to the king's closet" by William III. Many of his works were, or are, on public...
Anthonie Heinsius
...Spanish Succession (1701–14). After the death of William III in 1702, Heinsius' hold on the States General diminished,...
Constantijn Huygens Jr.
...Besides he was an amateur draughtsman of landscapes. When William III of England became stadtholder in 1672 Constantijn...
Godfrey Kneller
...the Kit-Cat Club; and ten "beauties" of the court of William III, to match a similar series of ten beauties of the...
Kurt Christoph von Konigsmarck
...Bremen-Verden and commander of Stade. He served the stadthouder William III of Orange in Bodegraven during the Rampjaar....
Queen Mary II
     ***** no match in text
Maurits Post
...Zuilenstein. He became the architect for Stadtholder William III of Orange from 1672 until his own early death in...
Godfried Schalcken
...painted several portraits, of which the half-length of William III of England, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,...
James Francis Edward Stuart
     ***** no match in text
Albertus van Beest
...following years he made with Prince Henry, brother of King William III, some long trips with the Navy to the Mediterranean...
William II of Orange
...child, also named William, would go on to reign as William III of England and Ireland, as well as William II in Scotland....
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King William III1650, Nov 41689
 
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16911691, Jun 22/23
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16931693, Apr 4
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16941694, Nov 22
 the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury from 1691 to 1694 for the Church of England. He devoted him...
Athanasios IIIunknown1686
 
1694unknown
 1st time; Patriarch (1686-1694)* Patriarchate of Antioch -*Church of Constantinople
Queen Mary II1662, Apr 301689
 
16941694, Dec 28
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Ahmed II1643, Feb 251691
 
 
16951695, Feb 6
 the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph (Sunni Islam) of the Ottoman Caliphate from 1691 to 1...
Charles Albanel16161649
 
16961696, Jun 11
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 Metropolitan of Turnovo (1697-?)* Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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Carlo Giuseppe Imbonatiunknown1690
 
 
1699unknown
 a Cistercian scholar who was active during the last half of the 17th century. He spent much of hi...
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1700unknown
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Adrian I1627, Oct 21686
 
17001700, Oct 16
 he last pre-revolutionary Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia from 1690 to 1700 for the Church of ...
Shimoun XIII Dinkhaunknown1692
 
 
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Ioan VIIunknown1696
 
 
17001700
 Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1696-1700) for the Orthodox Church of Georgia.
Jacques-Benigne Bossuet1627, Sep 271643
 
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Eremia IIunknown1676
 
1701unknown
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1701unknown
 Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia (1700-1701)* Russian Orthodox Church
Philipp Spener1635, Jan 131653
 
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 a German Christian theologian known as the "Father of Pietism." Highly influenced by Johann Arndt...
Ioannikios Iunknown1671
 
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Callinicus IIunknown1688
 
1702unknown
 the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople for three terms (1688, 1689-93, 1694-17...
Kosmasunknown1694
 
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Kosmasunknown1694
 
1702unknown
 Metropolitan of Durrë (1694-1702)* Orthodox Church of Albania
Yair Bacharach16391699
 
17021702
 a German rabbi and major 17th century posek, who lived first in Koblenz and then remainder of his...
Raphailunknown1699
 
1702unknown
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Mustafa II1664, Feb 61695
 
17031703, Dec 28/30
 the Sultan and Caliph of the Ottoman Empire from 1695 to 1703. In June 1695, Mustafa II left Edir...
Kyrillos IIunknown1699
 
1703unknown
 Metropolitan of Athens (1699-1703)* Orthodox Church of Greece
Evdemoz IIunknown1700
 
1703unknown
 Catholicos-Patriarch of Iberia (1700-1703) for the Orthodox Church of Georgia.
Estephan El Douaihy1630, Aug 21670
 
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Nahabed Iunknown1691
 
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Germanos IIunknown1694
 
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Tsangyang Gyatso1683, Mar 11697
 
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Dositheos IIunknown1669
 
1707unknown
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Gabriel IIIunknown1688
 
17071707, Oct 25
 the Ecumenical Patriarch for the Church of Constantinople from 1702 to 1707. Gabriel was born in...
Varlaam Iunknown1690
 
1707unknown
 Metropolitan of Kiev (1690-1707)* Ukrainian Orthodox Church
Theodosios [1]unknown1679
 
1708unknown
 Metropolitan of Hungaro-Walachia (1679-1708)* Romanian Orthodox Church
Ignatius George IIunknown1687
 
1708unknown
 Patriarch of Antioch and All the East (1687-1708)* Syrian Orthodox Church
Eric Benzelius the Elder1632, Dec 161700
 
17091709, Feb 17
 a Swedish theologian and Archbishop of Uppsala for the Lutheran Swedish Church from 1700 until hi...
Captain Sneedunknown1700
 
1709unknown
 Captain Sneed paid Governor William Markham of Pennsylvania more than £100 to become a justice o...
Gerasimos II Palladasunknown1688
 
1710unknown
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Kalinik I Skopljanacunknown1693
 
1710unknown
 Patriarch of Serbia (1693-1710)*Serbian Orthodox Church -*Church of Constantinople
Samuel Parris16531673
 
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 the Puritan minister in Salem, Massachusetts during the Salem witch trials. He was also the fathe...
Duchod Labrangpa Jamgon Kungaunknown1685
 
1711unknown
 1685-1711, Sakya sect, Throne holder; Buddhism
Syedna Musa Kalimuddinunknown1692
 
1711unknown
 Islam; Dai al-Mutlaq Leader (1692-1711)* Dawoodi Bohra
Haquin Spegel1645, Jun 141670
 
17141714, Apr 17
 a religious author and hymn writer who held several bishop's seats for the Lutheran Swedish Churc...
Hayim Kamhiunknown1677
 
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 Chief Rabbi (1677-1715)* Ottoman Empire
Thomas Tenison1636, Sep 291695
 
17151715, Dec 14
 an English church leader, Archbishop of Canterbury for the Church of England from 1694 until his ...
Markosunknown1694
 
1716unknown
 Metropolitan of Ethiopia (1694-1716)* Ethiopian Church
Abraham ben Saul Broda1640 ca1693
 
17171717, Apr 11
 a Bohemian Talmudist (Talmudforscher). when the office of chief rabbi of Prague became vacant abo...
Pope John XVIunknown1676
 
17181718, Jun 15
 Abba Youannis XVI), 103rd Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark for the Coptic Or...
Naphtali Cohen16491690
 
17181718
 a Russo-German rabbi and kabalist born in Ostrowo in Ukraine. He belonged to a family of rabbis i...
Samuel Schotten16441685
 
17191719, Jul 5
  He became Rabbi of the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1685. Shmuel Schotten HaCohen was born ...
Pierre Daniel Huet1630, Feb 81651
 
17211721, Jan 26
 a French churchman and scholar, editor of the Delphin Classics, founder of the Academie du Physiq...
Pope Clement XI1649, Jul 231700
 
17211721, Mar 19
  Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 23 November 1700 to his death in 1721. Clement XI was a ...
Ignatius Isaac Azar16471675
 
17221724, Jul 18
 the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1709 until his resignation ...
Eliyya XI Maroginunknown1700
 
1722unknown
 Patriarch (1700-1722)*Assyrian Church of the East
Eliyya XI Maroginunknown1700
 
1722unknown
 Patriarch (1700-1722)* Assyrian Church of the East
Stefan of Ryazanunknown1701
 
1722unknown
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Zanabazar16351639
 
17231723
 the sixteenth Jebtsundamba Khutuktu and the first Bogd Gegeen or supreme spiritual authority, of ...
Pope Innocent XIII1655, May 131695
 
17241724, Mar 7
  Pope for the Roman Catholic Church from 8 May 1721 to his death in 1724. He is the last pope to ...
Cotton Mather1663, Feb 121685
 
17261728, Feb 13
 a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author, and pamphle...
Matthias Steuchius1644, Oct 261690
 
17301730, Aug 2
 the Bishop of the Diocese of Lund, 1694 to 1714 and Archbishop of Uppsala in the Lutheran Swedish...
Lobsang Yeshe16631671
 
17371737
 the fifth Panchen Lama of the Buddhist Gelug (Yellow Hat sect) of Tibet from 1663-1737. He was bo...
Shimoun XIV Slemanunknown1700
 
1740unknown
 Patriarch (1700-1740)*Assyrian Church of the East
Shimoun XIV Slemanunknown1700
 
1740unknown
 Patriarch (1700-1740)* Assyrian Church of the East
Melchior de Polignac1661, Oct 111683
 
17421742, Nov 20
 a French diplomat, Cardinal and neo-Latin poet. During the last years of Louis XIV, Abbé de Poli...
Andre-Hercule de Fleury1653, Jun 22/261679
 
17431743, Jan 29
 a French cardinal who served as the chief minister of Louis XV. He was sent to Paris as a child t...
Lancelot Blackburne1658, Dec 101680
 
17431743, Mar 23
 an English clergyman, who became Archbishop of York, and – in popular belief – a pirate. He w...
Aaron Hart16701692
 
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 the first chief rabbi of the United Kingdom and the rabbi of the Great Synagogue of London from 1...
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