Where did the "Glorious revolution" take place?
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England, in conjunction with the documentation of the Bill of Rights 1689.
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Howard Groopman
Should have known this, but had to guess and went with England.
James Clausen
King for a king, not so "Glorious", as history has shown.
Carl Belken
Tania Black, Same here.
Jas Newman
Val Wilkinson, Odd, Val usually complains about American-centric questions, but now misses one on her own country.
tbear
Tania Black, me, too! Sounded like it would be Russia! I love history but never heard of read about it! So, yes, I also learned something today, also! 😊👍
vonlora
only knew they march across the netherlands
Steve Tingle
Like many others I studied history at school but after the Romans left and a little about the subsequent Anglo-Saxon and Norman invasions my knowledge took a dip until Victoria, and then stopped at WWI lots of gaps especially William of Orange.
Fred Keogh
Ashok Kansal, It was bloodless for a start, and was said to be bringing in 'Glorious' time for the Country. Hence the name.
George Oliver Prince
James II should have been overthrown, good info
Val Wilkinson
Had forgotten that!
Jeffrey Warhurst
Tom Seigo, That should be piqued my curiosity.Sorry to be pedantic.
Noreen Kelly
Off on this one somehow the glory word stuck as from a battle in the southern U.S.
Tom Seigo
Ian Swindale, Now you peaked my curiosity! I will definitely delve into this piece of history! Thank you for keeping us on the path to learning!
Tom Seigo
Another piece of history which, although I guessed correctly, I know very little about.
Ian Swindale
What you say is far from being the whole position but it would take up many paragraphs to set out what happened. You give the beginning and the end but it's the middle that is the really interesting part