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 gives 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 States 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 alledging they were his Guardians which they took as a great Honour It occasion'd 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 chuse him for their Governour 16 1691. The Electors of Bavaria and Brandenburg the Marquess of Castanaga Governour 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 Embassadors 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 Couzin 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 besieg'd by the French 21 1671. The Dutchess of York who was lately brought to Bed of a Daughter baptizes 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 joyntly 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 proclaim'd King and Queen of England c. 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 States 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 c. March 1 1692. The King arrives Incognito in an ordinary Coach but is soon known and receiv'd 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 States 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 5. 6 1696. Both Houses of Parliament entred into an Association to stand by and assist each other in the Defence of his Majesty and of his Kingdom c. 7 1679. He makes an Offensive and Defensive League between the Elector of Brandenbourg and the States 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 Dutchy 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 publish'd in Holland on the Reverse whereof is seen the young P. of Orange in a Roman Dress crown'd with Lawrel and with a Staff in his Hand standing before the Statue of Pallas who earnestly looks on the Prince shewing 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
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 open'd her Gates to her victorious Monarch 14 1672. The States General relying on the Courage and Conduct of the Prince of Orange their new Stateholder recal the Embassadors 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 chuses 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 Vnited 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 Witt 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 States General recal their Plenipotentiaries having empower'd 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's being present who was thereupon presently turned out 25 1672. The Great Bayly Putten Brother to Pensioner de Witt 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 Governours 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 thro' 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 entred 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 States General give the Prince a full power to Negociate a Peace with France 31. 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 Embassadors 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 Mareschal 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 dyed on the Spot 4 1691. Galway is surrendred 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 Catholick 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 Sate 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 prophane Cursing and Swearing 19 1690. The King ventures within Cannon-shot of Lymerick to take a Survey of that place 20 1672. The Grand Bayly van Putten is removed from all his Places for his Attempt on the Prince of Orange 21. 22 1672. The Witts are murthered 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 Murther 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 Marquiss of Albeville Embassador from King James II. presented a Memoir to the States General desiring to know their Design in fitting out so great a Fleet. 9 1688. Monsieur d' Avaux Embassador from the French King does likewise declare to the States 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 States 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 recompenced 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 Stile of ROYAL HIGHNESS in his Letters to the Prince of Orange 17 1691. His Majesty having made fruitless Endeavors to oblige the French to fight him blows up the Fortifications of Beaumont before the Duke of Luxemburgh's Face and then leaves his Camp to divert himself at Loo 18 1691. The Mareschal 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 receiv'd 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 President of the States of that Province at Middleburgh 26 1672. The States General do by an Edict impower 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 States 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 Murthering the two Kings which were his Enemies 29 1683. He proffers Himself and the Assistance of the States 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 stiled Royal Highness and proffer'd 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 Vertue to take care of his Princely Education 7 1688. The P. of Orange's Army lying on our Coasts gives a terrible Allarm 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 intreated the States that they would encrease 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 deliver'd 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 States 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 Mareschal de Duras who was strongly entrenched near that place 23 1673. He besieged the Castle of Walkembourg which after a weak Resistance surrendred 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 tho there were in the place 450 Canons and a Garrison of 4000 chosen Men under the Command of the Marquiss de Chamilly one of the bravest and most couragious 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 enter'd into Grave where he found above 2000 of the besieged killed and wounded and where he is joyfully received by the Inhabitants who stiled 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 imbarked at Helvoetsluys with the Mareschal de Shomberg his Fleet consisting in 65 Men of War 10 Fire-ships 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 Helvoet-sluys 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 Mony 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 Orleance 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 Unkle takes possession of them as being his Guardian 5 1677. The States General approved of his Marriage with the Princess Mary Daugher 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 Sea-Port Towns under his obedience 9 1682. The States 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 discover'd in the Army commanded by the Duke of Schomberg 11 1688. This day the Prince of Orange departed from Helvoet-sluys 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 Publick 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 deliver'd from the French a Medal is struck in Holland whereon is seen a Phenix 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 Nov. 1673. 14 1650. His R. H.'s Birth-day 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 c. 14 1689. His Majesty's Birth-day 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 Breuil 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