The Glorious Revolution
光荣革命

The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). William's successful invasion of England with a Dutch fleet and army led to his ascending of the English throne as William III of England jointly with his wife Mary II of England.
光荣革命，也称1688年革命，是由英国国会和荷兰奥兰治-拿骚家族的威廉三世(威廉·奥兰治)联手推翻英国国王詹姆斯二世的一场政变。威廉带着荷兰舰队和军队成功入主英格兰，和妻子玛丽二世共同执掌英国政权。

King James's policies of religious tolerance after 1685 met with increasing opposition by members of leading political circles, who were troubled by the king's Catholicism and his close ties with France. Following a defeat of his forces at the Battle of Reading on 9 December, James and his wife fled England. By threatening to withdraw his troops, William in February 1689 convinced a newly chosen Convention Parliament to make him and his wife joint monarchs.
1685年之后，英国国王詹姆斯的宗教宽容政策导致政治圈主导人物中的反对派越来越多，他们深受国王的天主教义及他与法国的密切关系所困。12月9日战争失败之后，詹姆斯和妻子逃离英格兰。威廉以撤军为威胁，在1689年2月说服新选举的议会同意他和他的妻子共同执掌政权。

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 is considered by some as being one of the most important events in the long evolution of the respective powers of Parliament and the Crown in England. With the passage of the Bill of Rights , it stamped out once and for all any possibility of a Catholic monarchy, and ended moves towards absolute monarchy in the British kingdoms by circumscribing the monarch's powers.
1688年的光荣革命被一些人认为是议会权力和英国国王权力在各自演变的一长期历史过程中最重要的事件之一。《权利法案》的通过一劳永逸地粉碎了天主教君主的可能性，最终在英国确立了限制君主权力的君主专制政体。