THE Royal Almanac: Containing a Succinct ACCOUNT OF THE Most Memorable Actions OF K. WILLIAM III.  
With the Year and Day of the Month when they happened.  
Composed by P. VINCENT CORONELLI, Cosmographer to the most Serene Republic of Venice, and presented to his Majesty by himself.  
LONDON: Printed for E. Whitlock, near Stationer's Hall, 1696.   

TO THE READER.  
HAving met with this little Book, I thought it not unfit to publish it in our Tongue, were it for no other Reason than that no Body may be ignorant how great an Esteem our Glorious Monarch's matchless Virtues have gained him in the remotest Parts of Europe. The Reader is desired to take notice, That being composed in Italian, the New, Roman, Style is made use of: And if there be any Events misdated, it is expected so small an Error may, in a Stranger, be pardonable; especially in one whose other celebrated Works have made large amends to the lettered part of the World. In short, if the Reader is deceived in his Expectation (which were hard) we hope the Exhorbitancy of the Price will not much impair his Pocket, nor that of the Volume be too great an Exercise for his Patience.   

THE Royal Almanac, etc.  

january.  
1. 1679. A Treaty being on Foot between the Spanish and Dutch Ministers, to the effect that Maestricht might be given up to his Catholic Majesty, the Prince of Orange opposed it, being not fully satisfied as to his own Pretensions.  
2, 1689. The late King James being a second Time embarked for France, the Administration of the Kingdom of England was placed in the Prince of Orange, till such time as a Convention might be assembled.  
3, 1661. The Provinces of Overissel and Zeeland, being resolved to choose him their Captain General, their Pensioners gave him notice thereof; but having that very Day heard of the Princess, his Mother's, Sickness, himself fell sick thereupon.  
4, 1689. His Majesty began his Government by an Act of Grace, in restoring the Earls of Feversham and Sunderland to their Liberty.  
5, 1671. He returned from Oxford and Windsor, where he had been royally entertained by his Majesty of Great Britain, having been a Mediator for the State's General, in which Negotiation he gave convincing Proofs of his admirable Parts, and his Kindness for the said States.  
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7, 1689. He is present at Council, and sends Circular Letters to call a Convention.  
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9, 1677. He receives 200000 Ducats from his Princess in part of the Satisfaction he demanded.  
10, 1691. The King makes himself Master of Lansbrough in Ireland.  
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12, 1672. He positively refuses the Dignity of Captain General, unless it be conferred upon him for Life.  
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15, 1691. His Majesty prorogues the Parliament of England  
16, 1692. His Majesty leaves London, with a Design to go over into Holland, to confer with several Confederate Princes; but is put back by contrary Winds.  
17, 1672. The States General name Min Heers John de Wit, de Reverning and Fagel to engross the necessary Instructions which the Captain General was to act by.  
18, 1651. A general Assembly of the States is held, to dispose of the Offices enjoyed by the late Prince of Orange.  
19, 1672. The Prince of Orange proclaimed Captain General of the Provinces of Holland and West Friezland.  
20. 1675. He goes from the Hague to visit the Fortresses, and give his Orders to the Magistrates of that Country.  
21, 1674. He went into Mourning for the Prince Palatine, de Simmeren, his Uncle.  
22, 1674. The States of Holland allow his Royal Highness a more numerous Train, and increase the Number of his Guards.  
23, 1673. As a Token of his Generosity, and of his Tenderness for the States, he quits his Claim to a Tenth Part of all the Prizes made at Sea.  
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25, 1679. He returns to the Hague, after having visited the Fortifications of Narden and other Places, in the Provinces of Holland and Vtrecht.  
26, 1692. The King imbarks a second Time for Holland, attended by the Dukes of Norfolk and Ormond, the Earls of Portland, Devonshire and Dorset, the Bishop of London, and several other English Noblemen.  
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28, 1675. He generously refuses the Proposals made him by the Nobility and Magistracy of the Duchy of Geldreland and County of Zutphen; who proffered to elect him for their Sovereign, with the Titles of Duke of Gueldreland and Earl of Zurphen.  
29, 1978. Through his Mediation a Treaty for an Offensive and Defensive League between England and Holland is concluded.  
30, 1691. His Majesty arrives in sight of the Dutch Coasts with his Convoy, which consisted of 12 Men of War 7 Yachts and some other Vessels; and the Landing being difficult, gets into a Boat, and is soon out of Sight of his Fleet; is, benighted, and in that manner exposed to the Injuries of the Air, and ready to be cast away, to the unexpressible Sorrow of those who attended him, whom himself comforted, and especially the Pilot; to whom he might say, That he carried Cesar, but with that Difference, That Cesar was by his Fear forced back, but his Majesty, through great Labours, and no small Hazards lands at the Goree.  
31, 1691. He arrives unexpected at the Hague: Which was the first time since his happy Accession to the Crown of England, that he came there to honour the States with his Royal Presence; and tho' he came as incognito, yet he is received with the Noise of all the Cannon, ringing of Bells, etc.   

February.  
1, 1689. Both Houses of the Convention assembled at Westminster, desire the Prince of Orange to protect them, and to take upon him the Administration of the Government.  
2. 1674. The State's general declare the Prince of Orange Hereditary Governor of Holland, and desire his Highness to marry the Duke of York's Daughter.  
3, 1674. His Royal Highness presented the King of England with a Lion and a Tiger, which had been lately sent him out of the Indies.  
4, 1677. He does, at the Request of the State's General, go to Groninguen, attended by some of the Deputies, to compose some Differences which had happened in that City.  
5, 1691. His Majesty, to comply with the People's Desires of expressing the Joy they had at his safe arrival, is obliged to make his Public Entry into the Hague, through a great number of Triumphal Arches, while a general Satisfaction was expressed by Acclamations, Feasts, Bonfires, etc.  
6, 1691. His Majesty took the Management of Affairs with an extraordinary Application, bore his Part in the Joy the Confederates had conceived at their good Successes, and gave Audience to several Princes.  
7, 1691. He assists in Person at the holding of the States of Holland and West Friesland; and then at that of the State's General of the United Provinces, and is afterwards present at the Council of State, being received in those Assemblies with all possible Tokens of Esteem, Veneration and Respect.  
8, 1691. He reassumes at the Hague the Function of Governor and Captain General, in the same manner as before he was King.  
9, 1674. The States of Holland do unanimously and solemnly confer on the Prince of Orange and his Heirs Male for ever, the Places of Captain General and Admiral, and the Government of that Province; to the general Satisfaction of all the Nobility and Commonalty.  
10, 1677. Charles II. King of England, giveth his Consent to the Match agreed upon between the Princess Mary, Daughter to the Duke of York, and the Prince of Orange, his Nephew.  
11, 1661. His Majesty of Great Britain having made several Instances with the State's General, That, according to her R. H. his late Sister's Will, they would send him certain Papers, which he was desirous to keep during the young Prince's Minority; which the States having refused, alleging they were his Guardians; which they took as a great Honour. It occasioned a Rupture between the two States.  
12, 1651. The States of the Provinces of Holland and Zealand, and the Cities of Amsterdam and Delft were desired to be Godfathers to the young Prince.  
13, 1689. While the Convention were agreeing to invest the Prince of Orange with the Regal Authority, his R. H. being already acquainted with their Design, sends a Squadron of 12 Men of War to fetch over his princely Consort.  
14. 1689. The House of Lords asserts the Succession of the Princess of Orange to the Crown of England.  
15, 1675. The Assembly of Arnheim seeing the Prince of Orange would not be their Sovereign, did, in imitation of the other Provinces, choose him for their Governor.  
16, 1691. The Electors of Bavaria and Brandenburg, the Marquis of Castanaga, Governor of the Low Countries, the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel, and several other Persons of an eminent Quality, came to the Hague to negotiate some Business concerning the League; so that there was there, at that Time an Appearance of 50 Princes, Counts, General Officers, and Persons of the first Rank, 14 English Lords, above 30 Ambassadors, and a great Number of Princesses and Ladies.  
17, 1676. The Elector of Brandenbourg proposes a March between the Prince of Orange and the Princess of Radzevill, his Cousin, a Lady of a very considerable Fortune.  
19, 1679. The Prince's Mediation procures a firm and lasting Peace between the English and Dutch.  
20, 1674. The States of Zeeland having declared; as those of Holland had already done, That the Places of Captain General and Admiral, did hereditarily belong to his Family; add thereto the Quality of Noble Hereditary of that Province; which the States of Vtrecht also did in April the Year following.  
20, 1689. The Princess of Orange goes from the Hague, and embarks at the Brill, the People by redoubled Acclamation expressing their Joy at the occasion of her Journey; and she is attended by 5 of the Deputies of the Admiralty.  
20, 1677. The Prince, notwithstanding the Rigour of the Season, and the almost invincible Opposition of his Enemies; endeavours to relieve Valencies, besieged by the French.  
21, 1671. The Duchess of York, who was lately brought to Bed of a Daughter, baptises her that Day, and the Prince of Orange stands Godfather.  
22, 1689. The Princess of Orange, who, at her Landing, had been waited on by the Princess of Denmark, her Sister, and several English Noblemen, comes to London, where she is received with a Discharge of the Cannon, ringing of Bells, Huzza's, Bonfires, and all possible Expressions of Joy.  
23, 1689. Both Houses of Convention do jointly desire the Prince and Princess of Orange to accept of the Vacant Throne of England; which they did: And that Day his Majesty wrote to the States to acquaint them therewith, to thank them for the Forces they had lent him, and tell them he was now in a condition to express his Gratitude for all former Kindnesses.  
24, 1671. The Prince goes from London to Rochester, and thence to Guernsey, whence one of his Majesty's Yachts transports him to Holland, being (according to his Majesty's Order) attended, during that Journey, by the Earl of Ossery, and Monsieur Silvius.  
24, 1689. The Prince and Princess of Orange are proclaimed King and Queen of England, etc. to the inexpressible Joy of all their Subjects.  
24, 1672. The Prince of Orange accepts the Dignity of Captain General of the States.  
25, 1672. He is sworn as such in that Assembly.  
25, 1696. A most horrid Conspiracy to Assassinate his Majesty's sacred Person is discovered.  
25, 1689. The Convention being constituted a Parliament, his Majesty recommends to their Care the Union between the English and Dutch Nations; and that Day the Parliament promised him to repay the Charges which the State's General were at on the account of the late Expedition.  
26, 1689. The Parliament grant his Majesty 600000 l. to enable him to repay to the States, the Sums which they had laid out for the fitting out of the Fleet that came with him from Holland, and 600000 l. besides, to begin the War in Ireland.  
27, 1674, The Prince having considerably strengthened his Army, he forces the French to abandon Nimeguen, Zutphen, Arnhem, Till and Fort Skin.  
28, 1672. The two Houses of Convention are changed into a Parliament, and that Day his Majesty came first to the House of Lords in his Robes, etc.   

March.  
1, 1692. The King arrives, Incognito, in an ordinary Coach, but is soon known, and received with loud Huzza's, &c.  
2, 1692. He makes a kind Reception to the D. of Richmond, to whom he restores all his Estate, which had been confiscated.  
3, 1689. He sends back the Forces which the State's General had lent him, to attend him in his Expedition, with rich Presents, in consideration of the Charges they had been at, on his account.  
4, 1689. He is no sooner King of England, but he acts as such, and is complemented by the Nobility, the Officers of the Crown, and Foreign Ministers, who all congratulate his happy accession to to the Crown.  
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6, 1696. Both Houses of Parliament entered into an Association, to stand by and assist each other in the Defence of his Majesty and of his Kingdom, etc.  
7, 1679. He makes an Offensive and Defensive League between the Elector of Brandenbourg and the State's General.  
8, 1689. He sends Admiral Herbert with 30 Men of War, to cruise on the Irish Coasts, to hinder the French from landing.  
9, 1673, The French abandon Wezel, and some other Places of the Duchy of Cleves, through the Fear they stood in of the P. of Orange's numerous Army.  
10, 1690. Above 200 Gentlemen come to London and offer to serve as Volunteers in his Majesty's Army in Ireland.  
11, 1654. A Medal is published in Holland; on the Reverse whereof is seen the young P. of Orange, in a Roman Dress, crowned with Laurel, and with a Staff in his Hand, standing before the Statue of Pallas, who earnestly looks on the Prince, showing him a Sun, in the middle of which is seen the Hebrew Word Jehovah, and near the Prince this Motto, Fear God. The Temple of Pallas is to be seen in Perspective.  
12, 1689. He gives Orders for the sitting out a Fleet of 60 Men of War, and raising of several new Regiments.  
13, 1656. He gins his Studies at Leyden, where the accuteness of his Wit raises him above the rest of the Scholars as much as his eminent Quality.  
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15, 1657. The very Picture of the Prince of Orange shown to Cromwell strikes him with Fear.  
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18, 1660. K. Charles II. expresses to the Deputies of the State's General, his great Tenderness for the Prince of Orange and the Royal Princess his Sister.  
18, 1672. The State's General allow him 4000 Men, which go by the Name of Troops of his Highness' Household.  
19, 1660. K. Charles II. his Uncle, having brought him to the Hague, carries him to the Assembly of the State's General, to whom he earnestly recommends the young Prince's Interest.  
20, 1673. He goes into Zeeland, to negotiate an Offensive and Defensive League with Spain, which was to last till the King of France had restored to the Spaniards and Dutch the Places he had taken from them.  
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22, 1691. The King having taken his Leave of the Council of State and of the Dutch Commonwealth, and Royally Entertained all the Princes, Lords and Ladies, who had waited on him at the Hague, goes to Breda at the Head of his Army, with a Design to relieve Mons.  
23, 1689. The Parliament present his Majesty with 420000 l.  
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25, 1690. The Parliament of Scotland grant him a Subsidy of 200000 l.  
26, 1689. The Convention of Scotland return their Thanks to the King for the Protection he had allowed them.  
27, 1673. He gives Audience to the Imperial and Spanish Ambassadors, and sends M. d'Odyck as his Deputy to the Congress at Colen, and opposes the Suspension of Arms that was set on Foot, refusing his Consent thereto, till the Return of a Courier he had sent to the Elector of Brandenbourg.  
28, 1651. The young Prince's Guardianship is courted by some Princes, several Provinces, and the State's General.  
29, 1680. He goes from the Hague to visit the Cities of Boldue, Berg op Zoom, etc. on the Frontiers of Brabant.  
30, 1676. He recovers of a little Indisposition he had had.  
31, 1660. He goes to Breda to congratulate K. Charles II. on his Restauration to the Throne of England, etc.   

April.  
1, 1675. A small ebullition of his Blood, occasions a Swelling in his Head, which is cured by Bleeding,  
2, 1673. The Small Pox, with which he is taken sick, and whereof his Father died, gives the People a general Fear, who in this occasion show their Kindness and extreme Respect and Love, they bear him; and he is visited by Foreign Ministers.  
3, 1674. The State's General present the P. of Orange with 2000000 Florins, in consideration of the K. of England's having quitted to his Royal Highness the Fishery of Herrings.  
4, 1674. He goes into Zealand, to appease some Disorders there; which being speedily and happily ended, he returns, and in his Journey visits Flessingue, Sluice, Ardembourg, Berg op Zoom, Breda and Bolduc.  
5, 1674. The Province of Vtrecht does, at his Request, agree to spoil the Crown of Spain and its Subjects, to the value of 196985 Florins, by way of Reprisal.  
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8, 1677. He marched to the Relief of S. Omer.  
9, 1671. Being fallen dangerously ill in Louvestein Castle, he fortunately recovers his Health, to the general Satisfaction.  
10, 1693. He permits 600 French Protestans Families, who were come into Switzerland, and had implored his Protection, to go and settle in Ireland.  
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13, 1677. With an undaunted Courage he makes himself Master of a Passage on the Rhine, in spite of the French Army.  
14, 1675. The States of Holland seeing his Highness out of Danger, from a grievous Sickness he had had, send some of their Body to him, to desire him to take Care of his Health, and to give them leave to return Public Thanks to Almighty God for his happy Recovery.  
15, 1675. The Lords of the Province of Gueldre seeing his R. H. would not accept of the Sovereignty they offered him, chose him for their perpetual Governor; which Dignity was also conferred on his Heirs Male for ever, as an Acknowledgement of the great Obligations his Highness had laid upon 'em.  
16, 1666. The State's General accept with Joy the Guardianship of the young Prince, and choose 6 Lords, whom they entrust with his Education, to the general Satisfaction of the People, who else would have risen up in Arms throughout the Provinces.  
17, 1675. Two Envoys, one from the K. of England and the other from the Duke of York, come to the Hague, to inquire into the state of his Health.  
18, 1691. His Majesty presents the Duke of Zel, with the most Noble Order of the Garter at the Hague.  
19, 1676. The Parliament express their Love to him, in that they grant K. Charles a Duty for 9 Years on Law Proceed, the better to enable him to pay his R. H. the Sums he owed him.  
20, 1691. Having provided for the Safety of the City of Brussels, and some other Places, he goes for England.  
21, 1689. Their Majesties went to Westminster-Abby, where they were Crowned by the Bishop of London, with the usual Solemnity.  
22, 1688. He goes to meet the Elector of Saxony, who came to see him at Loo, being attended by his own Regiment of Guards, his Regiment of Dragoons and a great number of Coaches.  
23, 1689. The House of Commons humbly request his Majesty, That he would declare War against the French King; and promise to stand by him, and to assist him in the carrying on the War, to the utmost of their Power.  
24, 1691. Having visited the Fleet, where he was received with loud Acclamations, he returns to London, to provide for the Safety of his Subjects; and there he receives Advice of the great Victory the Earl of Athlone had obtained over the French in Ireland.  
25, 1668. He goes from the Hague for the Camp at Adersburg.  
26, 1689. The Convention of Scotland send the E. of Argyle, Sir Thomas Mongomery and Sir John Dalrimple, to offer the Crown of Scotland to his Majesty, and take the Oaths of Allegiance, etc. as their Representatives.  
27, 1690. The House of Lords make a Bill, whereby they assert their Majesty's Right to the Crown of England.  
28, 1666. The State's General allow the young Prince a Court.  
29, 1689. 600 Medals of Gold, worth 3 l. a piece, are distributed, each Member of the House of Commons being presented with one; they had the King and Queen's Effigies on one Side, and on the other a Phaeton, struck with Thunder by Jupiter, with this Inscription, Ne totus absumatur Orbis; lest the whole World be consumed.  
30, 1690. The Parliament vest in his Majesty all the Customs which had been granted to James I. and the Duties which King Charles and King James II. had enjoyed, and moreover, allow him to dispose of all the Subsidies as himself should seem sitting, for the space of 4 Years.   

May.  
1, 1673. The State's General give the Command of their Armies to Prince Maurice for Friezland, the Marshal de Wertz for Zeeland, and the Prince of Orange for the rest of the Low-Countries.  
2, 1673. He visits all the Cities and Fortresses on the Dutch Frontiers.  
3, 1688. His Court go into Mourning for the Duchess of Simmiren, Aunt to his Royal Highness.  
4, 1691. His Majesty discharges several Persons from Places of Trust, which are bestowed on Persons well-affected to the Government.  
5, 1690. The Parliament places the Regency in the Queen during the King's Absence.  
6, 1680. The States of Zeeland and East-India Company leave to his R. H. the Choice of a Director of that Company.  
7, 1674. M. de Rabenhaupt presents his R. H. with 7 Standards and several Colours, which he had taken from the Enemy  
8, 1672. The Prince relieves Muyden, one of the Avenues to Amsterdam, besieged by the French.  
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10, 1672. John de Wit, Pensioner of Holland (and Son to one of those Deputies whom his R. H.'s Father caused to be arrested in Louvestein-Castle) endeavours to oppose the Prince's being chosen Captain General, but all to no Purpose.  
11, 1691. He goes for Harwich; the next Day he embarks for Holland; and the 13th he arrives at Oranje Polder, whence he goes to the Hague, where every Body is surprised at the speed he had made.  
12, 1688. The Deputies of all the Cities in Holland agreed to his raising 90000 Seamen, for the fitting out of a Fleet, without any Body's ever being able to fathom his Design therein.  
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14, 1688. As Captain General of the Dutch Armies, both by Sea and Land, he does on a sudden put out a numerous Fleet, attended with divers Transport Ships, and provided with all that was necessary for the Execution of his great and glorious Enterprise.  
15, 1688. The Fleet being ready, he declares to the State's General what was his Design, and demonstrates the Necessity of his Landing in England.  
16, 1689. His Majesty declares War againd France.  
17, 1679. The State's General pay the Prince the 2000000 l. they stood indebted for to the K. of England, ever since the Year 1674. which his Majesty had made over to his R. H.  
18, 1691. The King goes to Loo, to divert himself with Hunting.  
19, 1662. In the Treaty of Alliance, which was then renewed between the French and Dutch, this Article among others, was agreed upon, That the French King should restore the Principality of Orange to his Majesty.  
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21, 1689. The Deputies sent by the Convention of Scotland arrive at London, and discharge their Trust, by presenting the Crown of the Kingdom to his Majesty, and taking the Oaths.  
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23, 1690. His Majesty's Army, consisting of 20000 Men, under the Command of the Duke of Schomberg, takes Charlemont in Ireland.  
24, 1690. Colonel Worsly, a general Officer, takes the Castle of Bellingorg, one of the strongest Places in Ireland, from the late King's Party.  
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28, 1658. A prophetic Picture of the King is yet kept in Holland, which was made that Year; wherein he was represented with a Triple Crown,  
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june.  
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2, 1691. The King arrives safe in his Army, which lay encamped under the Walls of Brussels.  
3, 1682. He goes from the Hague to visit the Places and Garrisons in Flanders.  
4, 1670. The Commissioners of the Province of Holland unanimously agree to admit his Royal Highness into the Council of State, that he might have a greater Insight into the Affairs of the Government.  
5, 1668. He returns from Berg op Zoom.  
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14, 1690. The King gives Orders for the distributing of 600 l. a Month to the poor French Protestant Refugees, and then goes for Ireland.  
15, 1689. His Majesty was pleased to send to the Convention in Scotland, which was converted into a Parliament.  
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17, 1672. The French besieging Nimeguen, his Royal Highness uses his Endeavours to make them raise the Siege, and to that purpose attacks them, and is dangerously wounded at the Head of his Army.  
18, 1690. His Majesty arrives at Chester, where he was to embark for Ireland, and is received with all possible Expressions of the Affection, Honour and Respect which subjects own to so glorious a Prince.  
19, 1670. He goes from the Hague to the Siege of Brunswick.  
20, 1689. His Majesty promises to provide for the Wives and Children of such as shall be killed in defending his Rights and their own Liberty, to take care of the Maimed and Wounded, and to Recompense such as shall signalise themselves in his Service.  
21, 1690. His Majesty embarks at Chester for Ireland.  
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23, 1690. The King lands at Carrickfergus, whence he goes by Land to Belfast, and finds his Army, consisting in 62 Squadrons of Horse and 54 Batalions, which might make up in all about 40000 Men.  
24, 1689. The Duke of Gourdon surrenders himself and the Castle of Edinborough on Discretion.  
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26, 1691. Ballimore in Ireland is taken by General Ginkle.  
27, 1689. The Parliament of Scotland acknowledge the King and Queen as their lawful Sovereigns, and oblige themselves to stand by them.  
28, 1690. the King marches towards the Enemy at the Head of his Army.  
29, 1672. The Inhabitants of Dordrecht oblige the Magistrate to declare the Prince of Orange Captain General of their Armies, as well by Land as by Sea.  
30, 1691. General Ginkle does, after some Resistance make himself Master of the English City of Athlone, a strong place on the River Shannon.   

july.  
1, 1676. The Populacy force Cornelius de Witt to sign the Instrument, whereby the Prince of Orange was declared Stateholder of Dordrecht.  
2, 1672. He is declared Stateholder of Zeeland.  
2, 1691. His Majesty's Forces in Ireland lay Siege to the Irish City of Athlone, which was defended by a strong Castle, and infinitely better fortified than the other.  
3, 1674. The States of Holland choose the Prince of Orange for their Stateholder.  
4, 1674. They give him Notice thereof.  
5, 1672. The State's General having annulled the perpetual Edict which the Enemies to his R. H.'s Family had caused to be made; he took possession of all the Offices and Dignities so worthily by his predecessors enjoyed, and was confirmed in those of Lieutenant General of that State, and of Captain General and Admiral of Holland, Zeeland and Friezland, to the general Satisfaction of all people.  
6, 1673. He prevents the English from making a Descent into Holland.  
7, 1690. His Army Encamps near Dondalk.  
8, 1676. The Prince besieges Mastricht.  
8, 1690. The King goes in person to take a Survey of the Country beyond the River of Ardee, in Ireland, to find out a place for his Army to encamp in.  
9, 1690. He was slightly wounded by a Cannon Bullet, venturing too near to Drogheda, in Ireland.  
10. 1691. General Ginkle storms the City of Athlone, to the Cost of above 1000 slain and 300 taken Prisoners on the Enemy's side.  
11, 1690. The King passes the Boyne, in sight of the Enemy; whom he attacks in 3 several places, and over whom he obtains an entire Victory; having in that Action, ventured his Life as much as the meanest Soldier. The Duke of Schomberg was killed in that Action, which was the only Loss we sustained. After this the City of Drogedah submitted to his mercy.  
12, 1660. The Magistracy and City of Amsterdam received him and her R. H. his Mother, with all possible Demonstrations of Joy and Respect, and made them a splendid Entertainment.  
13, 1672. The City of Ardemberg, which was then besieged, having received the News of the Prince's being made Stateholder and Captain General, it put such new Vigour into the Soldiers, that the same Day they attacked the French, drove them from a Post they had made themselves Masters of on the Breach, and took about 500 of them Prisoners.  
13, 1676. The Prince himself discovers a Mine at the Siege of Mastricht, whereby he saves the Lives of several of his Soldiers.  
13, 1690. Dublin opened her Gates to her victorious Monarch  
14, 1672. The State's General relying on the Courage and Conduct of the Prince of Orange, their new Stateholder, recall the Ambassadors they had sent to beg a Peace of the French.  
14. His R.H. tho' wounded in the Elbow by a Musket-shot, exposes himself in all the Attacks at the Siege of Mastricht.  
15, 1676. The K. of England declares that his present War against the Dutch is only on the account of the Wrongs and Injuries the P. of Orange had received by them, and that if he makes a Peace with them it shall be but for his sake.  
16, 1672. The People knowing that there were several Magistrates throughout the 7 Provinces in Pensioner de Wit's Interest, who was an Enemy to the P. of Orange, oblige the Regency of those Cities to remove them from the Magistracy.  
16, 1680. The Prince chooses to lose all his Estates in France rather than to pay Homage to the French King for them.  
17, 1654. A great Dispute arises between the United Provinces on the young P. of Orange's occasion.  
17, 1672. His R. H. generously writes to several Cities of Holland, in favour of Pensioner de Witt.  
18, 1672. De Wit, seeing every one sided with the Prince of Orange, gives up his Place of Pensioner.  
19, 1676. The Government of the Country of Drenthe is conferred on the Prince and his Heirs for ever.  
20, 1672. He comes from his Camp at Bodegrave to the Hague, and there takes the usual Oaths of Statholder; after which he takes place in the several Colleges, as his princely Predecessors had hitherto done.  
21, 1672. Being loath to lay new Taxes on the People, he obtains 2000000 Florins from the East-India Company, to carry on the War.  
22, 1672. The State's General recall their Plenipotentiaries, having empowered his R. H. to make either Peace or War as himself should think fit.  
23, 1691. His Majesty's Forces gain the Battle of Agrim, wherein the Irish lost 7000 Men, almost all their General, and above half their Inferior Officers, besides all their Colours and Baggage and 400 Prisoners.  
24, 1672. The Prince refuses to give his Opinion as to the Proposals made by the K. of England and the French King, because of Grotius' being present, who was thereupon presently turned out.  
25, 1672. The Great Bailie Putten, Brother to Pensioner the Wit, is seized and sent Prisoner to the Hague, being charged with having endeavoured to induce a Chirurgeon to assassinate the Prince of Orange, by promising him 20000 Livers when he should have put it in Execution.  
26, 1672. The Prince goes with a Detachment from his Army for Gorcom, and being returned into his Camp, finds there that a Sedition is raised by Mombas, the Governors of Wesel and Rimberg, and some other Officers; some of which he causes to be punished as Traitors.  
26, 1690. His Majesty makes his Entry into Dublin, through the redoubled Acclamations of all the Inhabitants.  
27, 1690. He is graciously pleased to pardon a Man who had attempted on his sacred person, as he entered into Dublin.  
28, 1689. A great Conspiracy is discovered in Scotland.  
29, 1672. Mr. Boscowen returns from London to the Hague, with Letters of Congratulation from the King of England to the Prince of Orange, occasioned by the Honours which the States had paid his Royal Highness.  
30, 1672. The State's General give the Prince a full power to Negociate a Peace with France.  
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August.  
1, 1672. His R. H. on his Return to the Hague from his Progress towards Breda, S. Gertrundenberg and some other places which he had visited, is complemented by the Ambassadors from the Emperor and Kings of Spain and Denmark.  
2, 1680. He takes Ship for England.  
3, 1691. The King having attacked the French Army under the Marshal de Luxembourg, the Engagement was hot and lasted several Hours; during which the Allies lost General Mackey and about 5 or 6000 Men, while on the French side 113 Officers were slain and 500 wounded, and 7000 Soldiers died on the Spot.  
4, 1691. Galway is surrendered to his Majesty's victorious Army in Ireland, and the Garrison is conducted to Lymerick; which is now the only place in the West of Ireland that does not acknowledge his Majesty for their Sovereign.  
5, 1690. The King took Waterford, tho' defended by 25 big Cannons, and a strong Garrison, who had yet 300 Bushels of Wheat to subsist on.  
6, 1688. His Catholic Majesty allows the Prince of Orange a Pension of 100000 Florins per annum, on the Revenues of the Spanish Netherlands, on the account of several Sums due to him from that Crown.  
7, 1670. His Royal Highness goes for Dieren.  
8, 1675. He besieges Charleroy. 9  
10, 1660. The Princess Dowager of Orange gives the States an account of his Royal Highness her Son's being gone for England, and makes an offer of his Mediation between the King her Brother and them.  
11, 1674. The Prince fought the bloody Battle of Senef, and tho' he was not yet full 24 Years old, yet he behaved himself with all the Prudence and Conduct that might have been expected from an old experienced General, as well as with all the Bravery that a young Prince could express.  
12, 1667. He takes his Place in the Council of Sat, as first Nobleman of the Country.  
13, 1692. The Chevalier Grandval is executed for a barbarous Conspiracy against the King's Life.  
14, 1678. The Prince attacked the French under the Walls of Mons, having no notice as yet of the Peace that was agreed on, and signed the 10th of that month. 15.  
16. An Act is passed in Parliament for settling the Succession, whereby the Duke of Hannover is declared next Heir to the Crown, after the Princess of Denmark and her Children. 17.  
18, 1691. The Queen issues her Royal Proclamation for the more reverend observing of the Sabbath-day, and against profane Cursing and Swearing.  
19, 1690. The King ventures within Canonshot of Lymerick, to take a Survey of that place.  
20, 1672. The Grand Bailie van Putten is removed from all his Places, for his Attempt on the Prince of Orange. 21.  
22, 1672. The Wits are murdered at the Hague by the Mob, which looked upon them as Enemies to their Country, and to the Prince.  
23, 1672. His Royal Highness does make a strict Enquiry into the Witt's Death; and tho' they were his Enemies, yet generously resolves to revenge that Murder on its Authors.  
24, 1672. His Royal Highness drives the French back to the very Gates of Vtrecht.  
25, 1672. He goes to Amsterdam, the Inhabitants whereof earnestly beg he would give them a Governor; to which he answered, that himself was their Governor, but he would give them a Commander. 26. 27. 28.  
29, 1672. The Prince having been honourably received at Amsterdam, gives convincing proofs of his great Prudence, in that the Keys of the City being presented to him, he refused them, and sent them to the Captain of the Guard.  
30, 1672. His Highness keeps off the French Succours from coming near Woerden.   

September.  
1, 1672. Having feigned to attack Narden, his Royal Highness falls on Woerden. 2. 3.  
4, 1672. Besieges Naerden.  
5, 1672. The States empower the Prince to remove all the Magistrates of the Hague, and put others in their Places.  
6, 1672. The Siege of Woerden proves the death of several French Officers, and above 200 Soldiers.  
7, 1672. His Royal Highness goes from Loo towards the Frontiers of Germany, to confer with several Electors and Princes of the Empire.  
8, 1688. The Marquis of Albeville, Ambassador from King James II. presented a Memoir to the State's General, desiring to know their Design in fitting out so great a Fleet.  
9, 1688. Monsieur d' Avaux, Ambassador from the French King, does likewise declare to the State's General, that if their Navy were designed against the King of England, as it was likely, the French King his Master would assist him to his utmost, as being his Friend and Ally.  
10, 1691. The King presents the Prince of Vaudemont with 40000 Florins, and a Palace in Brussels richly furnished.  
11, 1653. On the Princess Dowager's arrival at the Hague with the young Prince, the Inhabitants of the place desire the Magistracy to give them the Arms and Colours belonging to the Princes of Orange, and threaten that else they will take them by force.  
12, 1682. The State's General send an Embassy to the French King, requiring him to draw his Troops from the City of Orange, and to cause the Inhabitants to be recompensed for all the Damages they had sustained by his Soldiers quartering there.  
13, 1673. The Prince does, to his great Glory, take the Fortress of Naerden.  
14, 1674. Notwithstanding the Fatigue his Army had undergone in the Battle of Senef, he besieges Oudenarden.  
15, 1690. The King having reduced almost all Ireland to his Obedience, takes Ship at Doncanon for England.  
16, 1673. The Emperor first uses the Style of ROYAL HIGHNESS in his Letters to the Prince of Orange.  
17, 1691. His Majesty having made fruitless Endeavours to oblige the French to fight him, blows up the Fortifications of Beaumond before the Duke of Luxemburgh's Face; and then leaves his Camp to divert himself at Loo.  
18, 1691. The Marshal de Luxemburg, who had so carefully avoided the Fight while the King was with the Army, no sooner hears that he is gone, but he falls on our Rear with all his Horse, but is so vigorously repulsed by the Prince de Waldeck, that he loses many of his Men, and comes short of his Design.  
19, 1691. The King arrives at Breda, and thence goes to Loo.  
20, 1688. The Prince of Orange went to Minden to confer with the Elector of Brandenburg, the Princes of the House of Brunswick, the Landtgrave of Hesse, the Bishop of Munster, and several other Princes; and thence went Post to Anemberg, to meet there with the Elector of Saxony.  
21. Minheer Fagel and some other Persons are deputed, by the States, to compliment the Prince on the taking of Naerden.  
22, 1690. The King returns to London from the Campaign in Ireland, and is received there with all possible Expressions of Joy, for the great Victories he had gained in Ireland.  
23, 1688. He returned to the Hague from his Progress into Germany, and began to get his Forces together.  
24, 1690. The Parliament in Scotland confirm the Oath of Allegiance, which all the Inhabitants of the Kingdom, especially those in Places of Trust, were to take.  
25, 1668. The Prince is made Head of all the Nobility of Zealand, and Precedent of the States of that Province, at Middleburgh.  
26, 1672. The State's General do, by an Edict, empower his Royal Highness to pardon as many Criminals as he should think fit.  
26, 1691. The King's Army in Ireland takes the City of Slego.  
27, 1672. The State's General raise a Company of Gentlemen to guard the Prince of Orange's Person.  
28, 1672. His R.H. abhors the Proposals that some made him, of Murdering the two Kings which were his Enemies.  
29, 1683. He proffers Himself and the Assistance of the State's General to the King of England, against the Duke of Monmouth who was landed in Scotland, and had raised a Rebellion in almost that whole Kingdom.  
30, 1673. He storms Rhimback.   

October.  
1, 1660. The States resolve that the young Prince of Orange shall reside at the Hague, there to be bred up and educated; and to that effect allow him an Yearly Pension of 20000 Florins. They also agree, that as soon as he should be 16 Years old, he should be admitted into the Council of State, and that at the Age of 18 he should possess all the Offices that were formerly enjoyed by his Predecessors.  
2, 1673. The Prince received a Letter from the Queen of Spain, wherein he is styled Royal Highness, and proffered to be made a Knight of the Golden Fleece. 3. 4. 5.  
6, 1660. Her R. H. Mother to the young Prince, names 6 Persons, recommendable by their great Quality and eminent Virtue, to take care of his Princely Education.  
7, 1688. The P. of Orange's Army lying on our Coasts, gives a terrible Alarm to King James and his Adherents.  
8, 1691. The City of Limerick, though defended by a Garrison of about 6000 chosen Men, was forced to surrender on such Conditions as General Ginkle was pleased to grant.  
9, 1674. The Prince came to the Siege of Grave with 2000 Horse.  
10, 1691. His Majesty left Loo, and on the 13th came to the Hague, where he was present at the Council of State; and having entreated the States that they would increase their Fleet and hasten their Preparations against the next Campaign, and disposed of several vacant Places in the Netherlands, he set out the 28th for England.  
11, 1677. The Prince went into England, accompanied by a great number of Persons of Quality, having been sent for by the King of England his Uncle, who was willing to treat with him concerning some Affairs of great concern.  
12, 1690. His Majesty goes to the Parliament in his Robes, and makes a most gracious Speech to both Houses, giving them an account of his prosperous Campaign.  
13, 1691. This Day the Garrison of Limerick quitted that Place, under the Conditions which had been granted them, and delivered up the Gates and Fortifications of that important City to the Troops of his Majesty, who by the taking thereof saw the Rebellion quite extirpated in Ireland.  
14, 1678. The State's General empower (for that time only) the Prince of Orange, to put whom he pleased into the Magistracy of the City of Maestricht.  
15, 1692. K. William III. is owned as true, lawful and rightful King of Ireland, by the Parliament of that Kingdom.  
16, 1690. The House of Lords return their Thanks to his Majesty, for his prudent Administration of the Government, and for having ventured his sacred Person for the Advantage and Honour of the English Nation.  
17, 1672. In a Council of War held by his Royal Highness at Tergan, at which Admiral Ruiter was present, it is agreed to attack the French on the Maese.  
18, 1690. The House of Commons do likewise address his Majesty to return their Thanks for his favourable Protection, and to desire him not to expose his sacred Person, as he had hitherto done.  
19, 1690. The Parliament return their Thanks to her Majesty, for her wise management of Affairs during the King's absence in Ireland.  
20, 1690. The House of Commons grant a Subsidy of 4 millions of Pounds Sterling, to carry on the War against France.  
21, 1692. The King received a Letter from the Emperor of the Turks, congratulating his happy Accession to the Crown of England, and desiring his Mediation between him and the Emperor of Germany.  
22, 1677. The Prince besieges Tongres in hopes of engaging the Marshal de Duras, who was strongly entrenched near that place.  
23, 1673. He besieged the Castle of Walkembourg, which after a weak Resistance surrendered on Discretion: And the same Day he gave the Government of Breda to the Count Charles de Rhingrave.  
24, 1668. The Princess of Orange sends a Letter to the States, to acquaint them that the Prince, her Son, being now full 18 Years old, she would be his Tutrix no longer, but designed to give them, as being his Guardians, an account of the manner wherein she had discharged her Trust, and she desired them to take him into their Protection.  
25, 1690. General Tetau took the City of Cork.  
26, 1672. The Prince does at last, oblige the City of Graves, after a long and vigorous Resistance, to capitulate, though there were in the place 450 Canons, and a Garrison of 4000 chosen Men, under the Command of the Marquis de Chamilly, one of the bravest and most courageous Captains the French King has ever owned.  
27, 1672. He takes Binch, after which he goes into Brabant to dispose of his Army into Winter-quarters there.  
27, 1673. The Prince entered into Grave, where he found above 2000 of the besieged killed and wounded, and where he is joyfully received by the Inhabitants, who styled him their Protector and the Restorer of their Liberty.  
28, 1670. He goes for London with a Princely Attendance.  
30, 1688. The Prince of Orange embarked at Helvoetsluys with the Marshal de Shomberg, his Fleet consisting in 65 Men of War, 10 Fireships and 500 Transport-ships, on which were shipped about 16000 Horse and Foot: but a great Storm suddenly arose, which obliged him to put back into Helvoetsluys.  
31, 1689. The Parliament grants him 1200000 l. more, to carry on the War in Ireland.   

November.  
1, 1691. The Parliament being met at Westminster, grants his Majesty a sufficient Sum of Money for the raising an Army of 65000 Men for the safety of the Kingdom. 2, 3,  
4, 1682. The Chamber of Metz declares the Prince has no Title to the Principality of Orange and 14 other Fiefs of that Sovereignty, and vests them in the Abbot of Orleans, Son to the late Duke of Longueville, who laid claim to them as Heir to the Family of Chalons, to whom the Principality did once belong; after which the Prince of Conde his Uncle takes possession of them as being his Guardian.  
5, 1677. The State's General approved of his Marriage with the Princess Mary, Daughter to the Duke of York.  
6, 1677. They acquaint King Charles therewith.  
7, 1677. The News of this Match being spread in London, fills the City with Joy; and this gives occasions of a perpetual Alliance between the English and Dutch.  
8, 1689. The King grants an Exemption from paying any Duties or Customs to such as shall transport any Provisions into the Irish Seaport Towns under his obedience.  
9, 1682. The State's General send an Embassy to the French King, to represent the Wrong that had been done to the Prince of Orange and his Subjects, and to desire him to restore the said Prince to his Dominions, and cause restitution to be made of the Losses that the Inhabitants of the City of Orange had sustained from the French Soldiers.  
10, 1689. A Hellish Conspiracy is discovered in the Army commanded by the Duke of Schomberg.  
11, 1688. This day the Prince of Orange departed from Helvoetsluys, in the same Order and with the same Fleet as he had done the 10th of October, and, after some days sailing, happily arrives at Torbay.  
12, 1690. The King gives a Public Audience to Monsieur de la Tour, who was come with the Character of Envoy Extraordinary from the Duke of Savoy, to congratulate his Majesty's happy Accession to the Throne.  
13, 1673. In Memory of the City of Vtrecht's being delivered from the French, a Medal is struck in Holland, whereon is seen a Phoenix on a Globe between two Cornu copia's, with this Motto: Restauratio Saeculi. And in the Reverse these words, Dei O. M. munere, virtute ac consilio Principis Arausiaci, Trajectus ad Rhenum post XVII Mensium captivitatem tentata XIII Nou. 1673.  
14, 1650. His R. H.'s Birthday, who came into the World Eight days after the Death of his Father, William the II. Prince of Orage, descended from the Imperial Family of Nassau; and Mary Stuart, Daughter to Charles the I. and Sister to Charles and James II. Kings of England, etc.  
14, 1689. His Majesty's Birthday is celebrated with all possible Demonstrations of Joy.  
15, 1688. The Prince lands at Torbay without opposition.  
16, 1688. He comes to Exeter, where he is triumphantly received by the Inhabitants of that City.  
17, 1673. He took the Castle of Brevil.  
18, 1688. As his Royal Highness comes towards London his Army increases by the English Gentry's flocking to him from all Parts, and Deputies attending him from several Cities and Boroughs, to welcome him to England.  
19, 1673. The Prince took Lechnick.  
20, 1673. He forced the French to abandon Woerden.  
21, 1673. They also quit Hardewick Creveceur and Bommel.  
22, 1673. His R. H. does also force the French from Vtrecht, tho' they kept a Garrison of 7000 Men in the City.  
23, 1690. The Parliament, as a farther instance of their Zeal for his Majesty, grant him 770000 l. for the Building of 30 Men of War.  
24, 1677. This day was celebrated the Prince of Orange's Marriage with the Royal Princess Mary Stuart; and his Royal Highness was made Duke of Gloster, and a Member of the King of England's Privy Council.  
25, 1660. The Prince being now 16 Years old, is complemented on that occasion by several Persons of Quality. And the States, who had a Horse-Guard in his Palace, cause them to withdraw, that he may have it wholly at his disposal.  
26, 1682. A Decree is made in France, whereby the Magistracy and Inhabitants of the City of Orange are forbidden, any more to acknowledge his Royal Highness for their Sovereign. 27, 28, 29, 30.   

December.  
1, 1673. A Medal is seen in Holland, having on one side the Prince of Orange, holding a Sword in his Right-hand, and the Arms of Vtrecht in his Left, with this Inscription, Moneta Argentea pro Confectore Belli Trajactensis; and on the other the Arms of the State's General, with this Motto, Concordia res parvae crescunt. 2, 3, 4,  
5, 1676. He went to Zeeland to honour the Assembly of the States of that Province with his presence. 6, 7,  
8, 1673. He returns glorious to the Hague, where he is received with Honour, Joy and Respect.  
9, 1677. He arrives incognito at the Hague with the Royal Princess his Consort. 10, 11,  
12, 1676. His Royal Highness returns from Zealand to the Hague, through several Dangers at Sea, by reason of the Ice. 13,  
14, 1677. He makes a most splendid Entry into the Hague with his Princess, through an infinite crowd of People, who had flocked thither from all Parts to express the share they took in his happiness.  
15, 1663. The Prince uses repeated Instances with the States, that they would seize on the Estates and Effects of the Spaniards, to oblige them to pay what was due to his House, by obligation, from the King of Spain, on condition they would procure him a Peace with Holland, which had been done. 16,  
17, 1690. His Majesty is royally entertained by the City of London, who spent a vast Sum of Money on that occasion.  
18, 1677. The Prince thanks the States for the Consent they had given to his Marriage, and gives them an Account of his Negotiations in England; then goes to the Council of State, where the Preparations for the next Campaign are debated.  
19, 1675. This day the Princess of Orange, his Mother, was buried with the utmost Pomp; having left him the Baronies of Tornaut and Zouvenbrug, besides above 150000 Florins-worth of Jewels, and a Diamond of an extraordinary value.  
20, 1690. A Conspiracy is discovered in London, wherein some Persons of great quality were concerned.  
21, 1688. The late King James being fled from London, the Lords Ecclesiastical and Temporal flock from all Parts to the Prince of Orange, to be ready to form a Convention.  
22, 23,  
24, 1688. King James, seeing the whole Nation sided with the Prince of Orange, and that his Royal Highness' Army increased daily, disguises himself and goes on board a Vessel bound for France, but being forced back on the English Coast, near Feversham, he is seized by some Countrymen, who mistook him for a Jesuit.  
25, 1688. His Royal Highness invites K. James to London.  
26, 1688. King James returns thither, where he exercises for a short while a Regal Authority.  
27, 1688. King James leaves London and goes to Rochester, and thence to France, whereby he abdicates his Kingdom.  
28, 1671. This day the State's General agreed on the following Resolutions, viz. That they would raise 20000 Land-men and 10000 Mariners, to increase their Sea and Land Armies. That they would build several great Barks to serve on the Rhine, to hinder the French from frequently passing that River. That they would fit out a Fleet of 48 Men of War, 24 Frigates, and 24 Fireships. And to add 20000 Florins per Annum to the Prince of Orange's Pension.  
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FINIS.