1688 (MDCLXXXVIII), she blein vishee v'ee, ghow toshiaght Jerdein rere yn eaillere Gregoiragh, as blein vishee ghow toshiaght Jedoonee rere feaillere Yool.

• Mayrnt – Ren William Dampier y chied cheayrt er Ellan y Nollick, croghane lesh yn Austrail jiu.
• 15 Sauin (5 Sauin rere y Çhenn Aght) – Hoshee yn Bun-chaghlaa Gloyroil tra ren Illiam veih Oranje tarlheim ec Torbay, Sostyn lesh forse yl-ashoonagh va jeant seose jeh 20,000 sidooryn. Cha ren eh aggyrtys er y Chrooin Ghoaldagh, gra dy daink eh dys Sostyn dy hauail y Protestoonys as dy reayll y seyrsnys Sostynagh, as hoshee eh marçhal er Lunnin.
• Date gyn fys
  • Va Oroonoko, nane jeh ny chied noaskeealyn 'sy Vaarle as y chied lesh ben-ughtar (Aphra Behn) soilshit magh.

• 29 Jerrey Geuree – Emanuel Swedenborg, sheanseyr, fallsoonagh, as jeeoilagh Soolynnagh (b. 1772)
• 14 Mayrnt – Anna Maria Garthwaite, kiaddeyder Goaldagh (b. 1763)
• 21 Boaldyn – Alexander Pope, feelee Sostynagh (b. 1744)
• 17 Jerrey Fouyir – Domenico Zipoli, cummeyder va ruggit 'syn Iddaal (b. 1726)

• 13 Toshiaght Arree – David Christiani, maddaghteyr as fallsoonagh Germaanagh (r. 1610)
• 8 Mayrnt – Honoré Fabri, maddaghteyr Frangagh (r. 1608)
• 14 Boaldyn – Antoine Furetière, screeudeyr Frangagh (r. 1619)
• 26 Sauin – Philippe Quinault, dramadeyr Frangagh (r. 1635)