1649 in Ireland

1649 in Ireland

Events

* 30 January
** King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland is beheaded in London.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
** Prince Charles Stuart declares himself King Charles II of England, Scotland and Ireland. At the time all three Kingdoms had not recognised him as ruler.

*2 August, Battle of Rathmines, a combined Irish Confederate and English Royalist force trying to besiege Dublin is routed by the English Parliamentarians with heavy casualties.

* 15 August - Admiral Robert Blake blockades Prince Rupert to allow Oliver Cromwell to land in Dublin with the New Model Army and begin the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.

* 11 September - Cromwell takes Drogheda and put its garrison to death.
*October 11- Sack of Wexford, Cromwell's forces take Wexford and sack the town, killing many of its defenders and several hundred civilians.

*October 19 - New Ross falls to the English Parliamentarian forces.

*November - Battle of Arklow (1649) An Irish force attacks Cromwell's army as it marches south but it beaten off.

*November 19 - Carrick-on-Suir taken by stealth by Cromwellian forces after they discovered an undefended gate. An Irish counter attack under Major Geoghegan on November 24 is repulsed with 500 Irish Confederate soldiers killed.

*November 24 - Cromwell's army arrives before Waterford to besiege the city.

*6 December - Battle of Lisnagarvey, A Scottish Covenanter force is smashed by English Parliamentarian New Model Army troops.

*December 10 - Cromwell calls off the siege of Waterford due to bad weather and disease, only 3,000 of his 6,500 besieging force are still fit for duty.

*Confederate Ireland's capital Kilkenny falls to Cromwell

Births

Deaths

*Arthur Aston, Royalist commander killed during the sack of Drogheda.
*Owen Roe O'Neill Irish Catholic general, died of disease.
Michael Jones, English Parliamentarian general, died of disease at the siege of Waterford.

References


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