The royal almanack 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 republick of Venice, and presented to his Majesty by himself.

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 States general declare the Prince of Orange Hereditary Governour 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 Lyon and a Tyger, which had been lately sent him out of the Indies.

4, 1677. He does, at the Request of the States General, go to Groninguen, attended by some of the Deputies, to com∣pose some Differences which had happen'd 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 oblig'd to make his Publick Entry into the Hague, through a great number of Triumphal Arches, while a general Satisfaction was expressed by Acclamations, Feasts, Bonfires, &c.

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 States General of the Ʋnited 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 Go∣vernour and Captain General, in the same manner as before he was King.

9, 1674. The States of Holland do unanimously and so∣lemnly 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, Daugh∣ter to the Duke of York, and the Prince of Orange, his Ne∣phew.

11, 1661. His Majesty of Great Britain having made se∣veral Instances with the States General, That, according to her R. H. his late Sister's Will, they would send him cer∣tain Papers, which he was desirous to keep during the young Prince's Minority; which the States having refused, alledg∣ing they were his Guardians; which they took as a great Ho∣nour. It occasion'd a Rupture between the two States.

12, 1651. The States of the Provinces of Holland and Zea∣land, 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 Squa∣dron 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, Gene∣ral 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 Cap∣tain General and Admiral, did hereditarily belong to his

Family; add thereto the Quality of Noble Hereditary of that Province; which the States of Ʋtrecht 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 Acclama∣tion 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 trans∣ports him to Holland, being (according to his Majesty's Or∣der) attended, during that Journey, by the Earl of Ossery, and Monsieur Silvius.

24, 1689. The Prince and Princess of Orange are pro∣claim'd King and Queen of England, &c. to the inexpressi∣ble 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 Ma∣jesty'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 Parlia∣ment 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 Ire∣land.

27, 1674, The Prince having considerably strengthened his Army, he forces the French to abandon Nimeguen, Zut∣phen, 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.