1690 in Ireland
# 1690 in Ireland

Events from the year 1690 in Ireland.

## Incumbent

* Monarch: William III and Mary II

## 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 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.
* Siege of Athlone by the Williamites is unsuccessful.

## Births

* September 26 – 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

* July 1 (O.S.) – 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)
