* 1689 – The Treaty of Nerchinsk is signed by Russia and the Qing empire.

* 1689 – Samuel Richardson, English writer ( d. 1761 )

* 1689 – The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

* 1689 – Bostonians rise up in rebellion against Sir Edmund Andros.

* 1689 – The former King James II of England, now deposed, lays siege to Derry.

* 1689 – William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

* Duchy of Saxe-Lauenburg: 1269 – 1689

* Magnoald Ziegelbauer ( 1689 – 1750 )

Persecution and Toleration in Protestant England 1558 – 1689.

New England suffered smallpox epidemics in 1677, 1689 – 90, and 1702.

* 1626 – Queen Christina of Sweden ( d. 1689 )

* 1689 – Convention Parliament: The Declaration of Right is embodied in the Bill of Rights.

* 1640 – ( baptism date ) – Aphra Behn, English playwright and novelist ( d. 1689 )

Initially fighting on the Rhine with Max Emmanuel – receiving a slight head wound at the Siege of Mainz in 1689 – Eugene subsequently transferred himself to Piedmont after Victor Amadeus joined the Alliance against France in 1690.

In response to the early-to-mid-17th century " continental rationalism " John Locke ( 1632 – 1704 ) proposed in An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( 1689 ) a very influential view wherein the only knowledge humans can have is a posteriori, i. e., based upon experience.

* 1689 – The Convention Parliament declares that the flight to France in 1688 by James II, the last Roman Catholic British monarch, constitutes an abdication.

* 1689 – William and Mary are proclaimed co-rulers of England.

* 1689 – Pietro Gnocchi, Italian composer, choir director, historian, and geographer ( d. 1775 )

Equally influential was Charles de Secondat, baron de Montesquieu ( 1689 – 1755 ).

The practice was introduced to the west by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ( May 26, 1689 – August 21, 1762 ).

* 1689 – Edward Holyoke, American clergyman, 9th President of Harvard University ( d. 1769 )

* 1761 – Samuel Richardson, English writer ( b. 1689 )

Pope Alexander VIII ( 22 April 1610 – 1 February 1691 ), born Pietro Vito Ottoboni, was Pope from 1689 to 1691.

* February 1 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist ( d. 1689 )

* June 1 – Edward Holyoke, American President of Harvard University ( b. 1689 )

α Centauri, for example, was found to be double by Father Richaud in 1689, and so is designated RHD 1.

Saint Dimitry of Rostov in his Kniga zhyttia sviatykh ( Book of the Lives of the Saints ), T. 1 ( 1689 ) places the date of celebration on 24 November.

Between 1689 and 1807, 1, 053 British vessels were lost whilst undertaking slave-trading activities.

But the blackest day in Ahrweiler's history was on May 1, 1689, when the town was razed to the ground, and only ten houses were left standing among the ruins.

The trio sonatas by Arcangelo Corelli ( opus 1, 1681, opus 3, 1689 ) were of unparalleled influence during his lifetime and for a long time after, inspiring slavish imitation by composers whose numbers were legion ( Talbot 2001 ).

Sambhaji was ambushed and captured by Mughal troops on 1 February 1689.

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His first recorded commission was to the post of third lieutenant of HMS Elizabeth on 1 June 1689, under the command of Captain David Mitchell.

Edward Holyoke ( June 26, 1689 – June 1, 1769 ) was an early American clergyman, and the 9th President of Harvard College.

* Pieces for 1 and 2 viols, Book I ( 20 August 1686, only solo viols, 1 March 1689 first published with associated basso continuo )

* Louis de Duras, 2nd Earl of Feversham ( August 1, 1685-April 2, 1689 )

As Sejm Marshal he led the extraordinary Sejm on November 17, 1688 – April 1, 1689 and the pacification Sejm on June 16 – June 30, 1699 in Warsaw.

Marquard Gude ( Gumus ) ( February 1, 1635 – November 26, 1689 ) was a German archaeologist and classical scholar, most famous for his collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions.

In 1689, Parliament ordered one new dry dock and two new wet docks ( or non-tidal basins ) to be built at Portsmouth, work began in 1691 around the area of what is now No. 1 Basin.

In England, this led to the Bill of Rights 1689, which reserves authority over a standing army to Parliament, not the King, and more nuanced in the United States, led to the U. S. Constitution ( Article 1, Section 8 ) which reserves by virtue of " power of the purse " similar authority to Congress, instead of to the President.

The Maratha army fought with the Mughals and led the new Maratha King, Rajaram to escape through Kavlya ghat to the fort of Jinji in present day state of Tamil Nadu via Pratapgad and Vishalgad forts, where he reached after a month and a half long journey on November 1, 1689.

* Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury 16 April 1689 – 1 February 1718