1690 in Ireland

1690 in Ireland

Events

*14 June - William lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.
*29 June - Williamites reach the Boyne.
*1 July - Battle of the Boyne, Jacobite supporters are defeated by William III.
*7 August - William of Orange and his army reach Limerick.
*August to September - Siege of Limerick, by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
*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


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