James II
William of Orange
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William of Orange |
| 1641 |
Irish
rebellion |
| 1642-1649 |
Civil
war; ChI executed |
| 1649-1660 |
Interregnum
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| 1660 |
Restoration
of the Stuart monarchy |
| 1688-1691 |
Glorious
Revolution |
I.
The Restoration
Charles
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king and parliament?
religious tension
Ireland
governance: Irish parliament restored
religion: Church of Ireland restored
land: restore Catholic land?> Restoration Land Settlement
1663 Court of Claims: 850,000 acres returned
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peace, trade, population growth> Richard Cox, Hibernia Anglicana
II. The Glorious (?) Revolution
1670s instability
| 1668 |
James, Charles' brother and heir to the throne, converts to Catholicism [Stuart and Hanoverian succession] |
| 1673 | Test Act (requires all Crown officeholders, including
the king, to take
the sacraments in the Anglican church, swear the oath of supremacy, and deny transubstantiation) |
| 1678 | Popish plot |
| 1679 | Exclusion Crisis (parliament attempts to exclude James from the throne) |
| 1685 |
death of Charles II and accession of James II (tries to re-establish Catholicism) |
| 1686 |
James continues to pursue "Catholicizing" aims |
| 1687 |
Declaration of
Liberty of Conscience tolerant policy toward Irish Catholics |
| 1688 |
birth of a male heir to James' Catholic queen |
Ireland during the reign of James II
Richard Talbot, Earl of Tyrconnell
pro-Catholic policies:disarmed Protestant militia
Catholics in army
Catholics appointed to civil offices
salaries to Catholic bishops
coup d'etat!
| 1688 | six
English nobles and one bishop invite the Dutch stadtholder William of
Orange to come to England James imports 3000 Catholic troops from Ireland William sails for England James, the queen, and the prince of Wales flee for France (the court of Louis XIV) |
| 1689 | outbreak of the War of the
League of Augsburg (William et al vs. Louis) Revolution Settlement and Declaration of Rights James arrives in Ireland from France and lays seige to Londonderry Patriot Parliament (Catholic) >Act Repealing the Act of Settlement |
| 1690 |
William
lands with a large Protestant army in June Battle of the Boyne >Brown, Account of the Battle of the Boyne Battle at Aughrim Hill |
| 1691 |
Treaty of Limerick |
| 1701 | Act of Settlement (ensures the succession remains in Protestant hands) |
III.
outcomes and legacies
a mixed constiution and a Protestant succession
the Wild Geese
land forfeitures
historical memory
Protestant dominance confirmed
Siege of Londonderry
Battle of the Boyne
