1690 in Ireland explained

Events from the year 1690 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.

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)

Notes and References

1. Equivalent to 11 July in the "new style" (Gregorian) calendar, although today commemorated on 12 July.
2. Book: Williams, Hywel. Cassell's Chronology of World History. London. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. 2005. 0-304-35730-8. 285.
3. Web site: Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). 28 January 2010.
4. Web site: Notes on individual earthquakes. British Geological Survey. 8 December 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110516173115/http://www.quakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/historical/historical_listing.htm. 16 May 2011.