Eighteenth-Century Chronology: 1689

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Literature

Sir Richard Cox, Hibernia Anglicana (through 1690)
Jonathan Swift becomes secretary to Sir William Temple and meets Esther Johnson ("Stella")

Theatre

Aphra Behn, The Widow Ranter
James Farewell, The Irish Hudibras
Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Amor es más labertino (Love the Greater Labyrinth)

Art

Music

Science, Technology, & Medicine

Politics & Law

The Bill of Rights limits the powers of the monarchy over parliament and ratifies the Glorious Revolution
King Williams's War in Canada

Philosophy & Theology

Toleration Act passed in England
Sor Juana Inéz de la Cruz, Inundación castálida

Milestones

Death of Aphra Behn
Birth of Samuel Richardson

Miscellaneous

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