Was the Glorious Revolution a Dutch Invasion of England?

In 1688, William of Orange crossed from the Dutch Republic and ousted King James II of England in what has since become known as the "Glorious Revolution", an event that was followed by William and his wife Mary become co-rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland as monarchs, while William retained the position of Stadhouder in the Dutch Republic. As the term suggests, this event is not often referred to as an "invasion", however, for reasons stated in this video I will argue that for all intents and purposes, William invaded England in 1688.

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[badluck]

British: It wasn't an invasion.
It was a Dutch "special military operation".

[savvageorge]

I find it interesting how the Bank of England was set up in 1694 a few years after this revolution/invasion. It was basically a copy of The Bank of Amsterdam which was set up in 1609. Seems like a bit of a coincidence that massive changes in the financial system took place shortly afterwards based on the Dutch style of banking. I'm not sure British people would have voluntarily moved to this style of banking as it gave a lot more power to the banking industry.

[markaxworthy]

It was mounted as an invasion, but received as an opportunity for an internal coup.

[urseliusurgel]

What was also important was that William was of royal Stuart blood himself. Mary was not only his wife, but also his 1st cousin and James II was his uncle. William's mother was the Princess Royal of England, daughter of Charles I. This undoubtedly limited the level of popular anti-Dutch sentiment directed at William.

[TorvusVae]

I started this video scoffing like the commenters you highlighted, not knowing that William basically "invited" himself. That kind of blows the lid off the idea that it wasn't an invasion, I stand fully corrected.

[oliversherman]

England: *Gets invaded*
The Dutch: Don't worry, it's just a "special military operation"

[dominicadrean]

And then there's the alternate history community on what if on if Netherlands and the UK had a union interesting scenario

[Sylvysprit]

This is a really interesting challenge to the commonly accepted narrative of history.
As a fellow Dutch person, i think it's really important that we look at our own history critically, like how i was taught about the "policing actions" in the 00's at school, yet now, because that perception was challenged succesfully over the years, it is now finally commonly accepted as the Indonesian War of Independence.
By initiating a discussion like this, i think you're doing a very good job at making a start at potentially challenging the commonly accepted perception of this part of history as well, in fact, it has inspired me to talk to some of my fellow history fan friends, both here in the Netherlands, and internationally, about this, and it has lead to some very interesting discussions.

[henryvegter]

Twice as big as the Spanish Armada a hundred years earlier… I’d call that an invasion - with or w/o the requested invitation. 😮

[phillipeétal]

This is a classic case of “history is written by the winners”. Because William was Protestant and the legitimate king Catholic, James was painted to be the villain and William a national hero, despite being Dutch and James being English. You could just as easily say the Norman invasion of Ireland was an invitation, but because Ireland is independent and Catholic in their national story it is viewed as a full invasion and conquest.

[Britishdarnlib]

"It wasnt an invasion because there was no resistance" -me back when

Thats just the best case scenario in an invasion

[johnwilkin]

"And James may himself have been a closet Catholic". James II was openly Catholic. Charles II converted on his deathbed, and was very possibly a closet Catholic for all of his reign.

[silviasanchez]

I love all your videos, but more about Dutch history is always welcome. The Lower Countries like Scandinavia don't show up often in most history books, videos or even videos. At least not outside their respective regions. So if you have plans of new videos on Dutch history, I'm all for it!

[fightforaglobalfirstamendm]

Yes it was an invasion but it was an uncontested invasion that was militarily supported by the English Army. Also it was a religious and dynastic conflict not a national / international conflict. We don’t consider operation overload a conquest of France but we do consider it an invasion.

[YarPirates-vyiv]

After finding an army on their shores, the nobles said to William "Let's go Dutch! " and split the bill...er, throne.

[MrMomo]

William's mother was Mary, Princess Royal, daughter of Charles I. Making them 1st cousins, incidentally.

[kevinstryder]

I believe the real debate is not whether it was an “invasion” but whether England was truely “conquered”

[genorp]

For me, the key argument against “invasion” (as opposed to the act of landing troops) is that the Dutch did not take over or control England as a result. The Dutch States-General had no power over the English Parliament or the Crown.

[oscarosullivan]

I don’t understand why it is called the Glorious revolution as it lead to the penal laws. An interesting part of the Williamite wars is the siege of Limerick which was led by the Patrick Sarsefield who had a song written about him the jackets green.

[andyrules]

0:11 - The voices at the start were amazing!