23 December 1688Exile of James VIIJames VII
Goes into exile in France after William of Orange lands at Torbay
Historical records for Scotland in 1688, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Goes into exile in France after William of Orange lands at Torbay
Birth of James Francis Edward, eldest son of James II of England and his Roman Catholic second wife, Mary of Modena
Death of William Drummond
Order is restored after James troops fire on the crowd. A mob fearing an Orange plot sack Holyrood Abbey
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