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Name: Kingdom of Ireland (Great Britain)
Type: Polity
Start: 1603 AD
End: 1800 AD
Nation: ireland
Parent: great britain
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Kingdom of Ireland (Great Britain)
This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Ireland (Great Britain) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.
If you are looking for the page with the statistics about this polity you can find it here:All Statistics
The Kingdom of Ireland was a client state of England and then of Great Britain that existed from 1542 until 1800 in the island of Ireland.
Establishment
Chronology
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1. Personal Union of Scotland and England
In 1603, James VI of Scotland succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who had died childless, joining Scotland with England in a personal union.
2. European wars of religion
Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.
Was a military campaign by English King Henry VIII Tudor to restore English authority over Ireleand.
2.2.Wars of the Three Kingdoms
Were a series of intertwined conflicts fought between 1639 and 1653 in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, then separate entities united in a personal union under Charles I. They resulted in victory for the Parliamentarian army, the execution of Charles I, the abolition of monarchy, and founding of the Commonwealth of England, a Unitary state which controlled the British Isles until the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
Was the Irish theatre of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, a series of civil wars in the Kingdoms of Ireland, England and Scotland - all ruled by Charles I.
2.2.1.1.Cromwellian conquest of Ireland
Was the re-conquest of Ireland by the forces of the English Parliament, led by Oliver Cromwell, during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Was a conflict between France and the Grand Alliance, a coalition including the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, and Savoy. It is considered the first war that saw fighting globally because battles occured in Europe, America, Africa and India.
2.3.1.Williamite War in Ireland
Was a war between supporters of James II and his successor, William III. It resulted in a Williamite victory.
3. Glorious Revolution
Was a revolution in England and Scotland that led to the deposition of Catholic King James II.
4. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.
Was an uprising against British rule in Ireland.
4.1.1.Connacht Republic (Irish Rebellion of 1798)
Was a major uprising against British rule in Ireland.
Were parallel acts of the Parliament of Great Britain and the Parliament of Ireland which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The acts came into force on 1 January 1801.
