REVOLUTIONS & INVASIONS

1688 sees Prince William of Orange successfully overthrow James II of England and establish himself as king. At the same time William’s archenemy, Louis XIV of France, invades the Rhineland and a ‘Grand Alliance’ is formed in 1689 against the French that includes England, the Dutch Republic, Austria, Spain and Savoy.

William III landing at Brixham, Devon, on 5 November 1688. England’s only Dutch king famously declared, “The liberties of England and the Protestant religion I will maintain”