Person report

★06 Jul 1685
Troops loyal to James II of England defeated those of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth at the Battle of Sedgemoor, the final battle of the Monmouth Rebellion.

★26 Sep 1687
The Parthenon in Athens was partially destroyed during an armed conflict between the Venetians under Francesco Morosini and Ottoman forces.

★22 Jan 1689
The Convention Parliament convened to justify the overthrow of James II, the last Roman Catholic King of England, who had vacated the throne when he fled to France in 1688.

★22 Jul 1691
Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

★30 Nov 1700
Great Northern War: Swedish forces led by King Charles XII defeated the Russian army of Tsar Peter the Great at the Battle of Narva.

★27 Nov 1703
The Great Storm of 1703, one of the most severe storms to strike southern Great Britain, destroyed the first Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth.

★28 Oct 1707
The Hōei earthquake ruptured all of the segments of the Nankai megathrust simultaneously – the only earthquake known to have done this.

★22 Nov 1718
The pirate Blackbeard was killed in battle by a boarding party of British sailors off the coast of North Carolina, ending his activity in the Caribbean.

★14 Aug 1720
The Spanish Villasur expedition, intended to slow the progress of French influence on the Great Plains of North America, ended in failure as it was ambushed by a Pawnee and Otoe force.

★23 Feb 1739
The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolteacher, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's arrest.

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