York. The unpopular Andros, who reigns as a dictator after being appointed by King James II, is driven out of office in 1689 after the overthrow of James, and the Dominion of New England is broken up into its constituent colonies. December 22 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg and Duke of Prussia, head of the House of Hohenzollern, enters into an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire, ruled by Emperor Charles VI of the Holy Roman Empire and head of the Austrian House of Habsburg. Date unknown English historian and naturalist Robert Plot publishes The Natural History of Staffordshire, a collection of illustrations and texts detailing the history of the county. It is the first document known to mention crop circles and a double sunset. The Café Procope, which remains in business in the 21st century, is opened in Paris by Procopio Cutò, as a coffeehouse. Births January 8 – William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1703-1723) (d. 1723) January 9 – Andrew Michael Ramsay, Scottish writer (d. 1743) January 12 – Adam Christian Thebesius, German anatomist (d. 1732) January 17 – Archibald Bower, Scottish historian (d. 1766) January 23 – Moritz Georg Weidmann, German bookseller (d. 1743) January 31 – Hans Egede, Dano-Norwegian Lutheran missionary who launched mission efforts to Greenland (d. 1758) February 1 – Suzanne Henriette of Lorraine, French noblewoman, Duchess of Mantua and Montferrat (d. 1710) February 2 – John Eames, English academic (d. 1744) February 10 – Jan Frederik Gronovius, Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus (d. 1762) February 11 – William Bowles (1686–1748), British politician (d. 1748) February 13 – John Churchill, Marquess of Blandford, British noble (d. 1703) February 14 – Harry Pulteney, British politician (d. 1767) February 16 – Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim, German countess (d. 1753) March 17 – Jean-Baptiste Oudry, French painter (d. 1755) March 22 – James Hamilton, 7th Earl of Abercorn (d. 1744) March 27 – Johann Jakob Quandt, Lutheran theologian, translated the Bible into Lithuanian (d. 1772) April 1 – Jan Frans van Bredael, Flemish painter (d. 1750) April 8 – Stefano Felice Ficatelli, Italian painter of the late Baroque period (d. 1771) April 9 – James Craggs the Younger, English politician (d. 1721) April 17 – François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, French nobleman (d. 1743) April 19 – Vasily Tatishchev, Russian statesman, ethnographer (d. 1750) April 28 – Michael Brokoff, Czech