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| Battle of Barfleur Russell, Edward |  |
| Barfleur 15 French ships are destroyed at the Bay of La Hogue |
| Barfleur Chases the French into the Bay of La Hogue where its 44 ships are defeated |
| Barfleur Watches 15 French ships sink during Anglo-Dutch victory over the French fleet |
| Bay La Hogue 15 French ships are destroyed at the Bay of La Hogue |
| Battle of Beachy Head Byng, George | |
| 30th June Beachy Head Ordered by Queen Mary to attack the French Fleet but rereats to the Thames |
| 30th June Beachy Head The French are left in control of the Channel |
| Battle of Beachy Head James II | |
| 30th June Beachy Head The English are defeated by a French force sailing to London to support the Jacobites |
| 10th July Beachy Head James II retaliates to the defeat at Beachy Head by amassing an army to invade France |
| Battle of Beachy Head William III | |
| 30th June Beachy Head William III is fighting James II, Louis XIV wants a Jacobite rebellion & invades |
| Battle of Boyne James II | |
| 1st July Boyne James II is finally defeated by William III |
| 1st July Boyne James II is forced into exile in France |
| Battle of Boyne William III | |
| 1st July Boyne Decisive battle of the Jacobite rising, James II is defeated by William III |
| 1st July Boyne Victory at the Boyne paves the way for Marlborough & Ginkel to recapture Ireland |
| Capture of Cork Churchill, John | |
| Sep London Commands an Army which captures Cork |
| Capture of Kinsale Churchill, John | |
| Sep London Commands an Army which captures Kinsale |
| Discovery of Falklands, The Strong, John | |
| Falklands, The The islands are referred to in the English language as "The Falkland Islands", dates from an expedition led by John Strong, who names the islands after his patron, Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland |
| Exile of James II James II | |
| 11th July Kinsale Forced to embark for France from Kinsale after defeat at the battle of the Boyne |
| Invasion of England William III | |
| 30th June Beachy Head William III is fighting James II, Louis XIV wants a Jacobite rebellion & invades |
| Invasion of France James II | |
| 10th July Beachy Head James II retaliates to the defeat at Beachy Head by amassing an army to invade France |
| Invasion of Ireland James II | |
| 3rd April Dublin James II arrives at Dublin |
| 3rd April Kinsale James II lands at Kinsale |
| Invasion of Ireland William III | |
| Lands in Ireland with an Anglo-Dutch army |
| Publication of Dryden Dryden, John | |
| Publication of, "King Arthur" with Henry Purcell |
| Publication of Locke Locke, John | |
| Claims experience is the source of knowledge |
| Publication of, "Essay Concerning Human Understanding" |
| Publication of, "Two Treatises On Government", Liberal Constitutionalist ideas |
| Rule of Falklands, The Strong, John | |
| Falklands, The The islands are referred to in the English language as "The Falkland Islands", dates from an expedition led by John Strong, who names the islands after his patron, Anthony Cary, 5th Viscount Falkland |
