1690 in Ireland

Events from the year 1690 in Ireland.

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Centuries:
  • 15th
  • 16th
  • 17th
  • 18th
  • 19th
Decades:
  • 1670s
  • 1680s
  • 1690s
  • 1700s
  • 1710s
See also:Other events of 1690
List of years in Ireland

Incumbent
  • Monarch: William III and Mary II

Events
  • 14 June – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.
  • 29 June – Williamites reach the River Boyne.
  • 1 July (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.
  • 17 July – William III issues the Declaration of Finglas offering a pardon to ordinary Jacobites but not their leaders.
  • 7 August – William III and his army reach Limerick.
  • August to September – Siege of Limerick, by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
  • September – Siege of Cork.
  • 7 October – 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
  • 26 September – 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
  • 1 July (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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