1690 in Ireland

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See also:Other events of 1690
List of years in Ireland

Events from the year 1690 in Ireland.

Incumbent[]

  • Monarch: William III and Mary II

Events[]

  • June 14 – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.
  • June 29 – Williamites reach the River Boyne.
  • July 1 (O.S.) – Battle of the Boyne: William III defeats the deposed James II of England, who returns to exile in France[1][2][3] from Kinsale.
  • July 17 – William III issues the Declaration of Finglas offering a pardon to ordinary Jacobites but not their leaders.
  • August 7 – William III and his army reach Limerick.
  • August to September – Siege of Limerick, by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
  • September – Siege of Cork.
  • October 7 – an earthquake with its epicentre at Caernarfon is felt in Dublin.[4]
  • Siege of Athlone by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
The Battle of the Boyne, painted by Jan Wyck

Births[]

  • September 26 – Charles Macklin, actor and dramatist (d.1797)
  • Charles Clinton, French and Indian War Colonel (d.1773)
  • William Cosby, British royal governor of New York (d.1736)

Deaths[]

  • July 1 (O.S.) – Battle of the Boyne
    • Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, soldier (b. 1615 or 1616)
    • Rev. Sir George Walker, soldier, Governor of Londonderry (b. c. 1618)

References[]

  1. ^ Equivalent to 11 July in the "new style" (Gregorian) calendar, although today commemorated on 12 July.
  2. ^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 285. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  3. ^ "Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
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