English Explanatory Dictionary

Glorious Revolution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The 1688 deposition of James II as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William III (II of Scotland).
  2. The 1888 revolution that resulted in the deposition of Queen Isabella II of Spain.

Word forms

Glorious Revolution the Glorious Revolution

Related words

Jacobitism long eighteenth century
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