22nd » The Convention Parliament (1689) Convention Parliament convenes to determine whether James II of England James II and VII, the last Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic monarch of England, Ireland and Scotland, had vacated the thrones when he fled to Fra
Famous Deaths for January 1689
6th » Seth Ward (bishop) called Seth Ward, English bishop, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1617)
27th » Robert Aske (merchant) or Robert Aske, English merchant (b. 1619)