1660 Charles
Stuart (Charles II) returns to the throne (tolerant; converted to Catholicism
on his deathbed)
1668 James,
Charles' brother and heir to the throne, converts to Catholicism
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; Irish Catholics disarmed, priests banishes, and Catholic worship
suppressed
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
1688 birth
of a male heir to James' Catholic queen
six English nobles and one bishop invite William of Orange (stadholder
of Holland, whose lifelong ambition is to block the
expansion of Louis XIV's power) 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
Ulster Protestants raise troops for William and seize several walled towns
including Londonderry
1689 outbreak
of the War of the League of Augsburg (William et al vs. Louis)
Revolution Settlement and Declaration of Rights negotiated between the
Convention Parliament and William and Mary
leading to the establishment of the Bill of Rights
James arrives in Ireland from France and lays seige to Londonderry
Patriot Parliament (Catholic)
1690 William
lands with a large Protestant army in June
Battle of the Boyne
Battle at Aughrim Hill
1691 Treaty
of Limerick (11,000 Irish troops leave for service in French army)
further confiscations of rebels' lands
1701 Act of
Settlement (ensures the succession remains in Protestant hands)