On this day, 323 years ago, on March 8, 1702 (February 10, 1702, the 1702 lunar calendar), William III, Prince of Orange, the ruling Dutch, and King of England, passed away. William III of England (1650 - 1702), William II of Scotland, Prince William of Orange, Prince of Orange, Reigning of the Netherlands, King of England. He was the son of William II, the ruling king of the Netherlands, and Princess Mary, daughter of King Charles I of England. In 1672, Louis XIV, the French Sun King, joined forces with Britain to invade the Netherlands. In July, William III took office in the Netherlands and formed an alliance with the Holy Roman Empire to repel the French. In November 1677, in order to form an alliance with Britain, he married his cousin, British Princess Mary. In November 1688, the Glorious Revolution took place in England, and the Free Parliament invited William III to land in England. In January 1689, the British Parliament announced the abdication of King James II, appointed James II's daughter and son-in-law Mary II and William III as kings, and adopted the "Declaration of Rights." In April, William III and Mary II were crowned King of England. In October, Parliament passed the Bill of Rights, and Britain gradually established the constitutional monarchy and the political principle that Parliament is above the monarchy. In 1694, William III's wife and co-ruler Mary II died. In 1701 Parliament passed the Succession Act, which defined the order of succession to the British throne. In 1689, the "Treaty of Vienna" was concluded with the Holy Roman Empire and declared war on France. In 1697, the Treaty of Leswick was signed with France and an armistice with France. In 1701, he joined the War of the Spanish Succession. In 1702, William III died. Mary II, Queen of England