Events from the year 1688 in England. This was the year of the Glorious Revolution that overthrew King James II.

1688
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See also:Other events of 1688

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Glorious Revolution: Equestrian portrait of William III by Jan Wyck, commemorating his landing in Torbay

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  2. ^ White, Bryan (2009). "Letter from Aleppo: dating the Chelsea School performance of Dido and Aeneas". Early Music. 37 (3): 417–428. doi:10.1093/em/cap041.
  3. ^ Gregg, Edward (2001). Queen Anne (2nd ed.). New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-3000-9024-2. OL 3958275M.
  4. ^ Childs, W. M. (2003) [1905]. "The Battle of Broad Street". In Ford, David Nash (ed.). The Story of the Town of Reading. Nash Ford Publishing. Retrieved 2017-01-21 – via Royal Berkshire History.
  5. ^ a b Kenyon, J. P. (1978). Stuart England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. ISBN 0-14-022076-3.
  6. ^ Leavis, Q. D. (1965). Fiction and the Reading Public (rev. ed.). London: Chatto & Windus.