Incumbent

Events

June 14 – King William III of England (William of Orange) lands at Carrickfergus in Ulster and marches south to take Dublin.
June 29 – Williamites reach the River Boyne.
July 1 (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.
July 17 – William III issues the Declaration of Finglas offering a pardon to ordinary Jacobites but not their leaders.
August 7 – William III and his army reach Limerick.
August to September – Siege of Limerick, by the Williamites is unsuccessful.
September – Siege of Cork.
October 7 – an earthquake with its epicentre at Caernarfon is felt in Dublin.^[4]
Siege of Athlone by the Williamites is unsuccessful.

^ Equivalent to 11 July in the "new style" (Gregorian) calendar, although today commemorated on 12 July.
^ Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 285. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
^ "Parades and Marches – Chronology 2: Historical Dates and Events". Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN). Retrieved 28 January 2010.
^ "Notes on individual earthquakes". British Geological Survey. Archived from the original on 16 May 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.

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