1690 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1690 in Ireland.
Incumbent
- Monarch: William III and Mary II
Events
- 14 June â King William III of England (William of Orange) lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.
- 29 June â Williamites reach the River Boyne.
- 1 July (O.S.) â 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 â William III issues the Declaration of Finglas offering a pardon to ordinary Jacobites but not their leaders.
- 7 August â William III and his army reach Limerick.
- August to September â Siege of Limerick, by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
- September â Siege of Cork.
- 7 October â an earthquake with its epicentre at Caernarfon is felt in Dublin.[4]
- Siege of Athlone by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
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Births
- 26 September â 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.) â 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)