Ireland

Battle of Carbisdale, Montroses last battle.

Cromwells New Model Army is victorious at Macroom, Co. Cork

Kilkenny surrenders to Cromwell

The siege of Kilkenny was the isolation and capture of the fortified capital of the Irish Confederates by the New Model Army of the English Parliamentarians in March 1650 during the conquest of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell.

Owen Roe ONeill - Catholic military leader against Cromwell - dies

Charles Graves was a notable Irish mathematician, academic, and clergyman.

Massacre at Wexford when the town falls to Cromwell

Owen Roe ONeill dies

Massacre at Drogheda. Cromwell captures the town and slaughters the garrison

Siege of Drogheda begins

Oliver Cromwell arrives in Ireland as Commander-in-Chief and Lord Lieutenant

Oliver Cromwell arrives in Ireland as Commander-in-Chief and Lord Lieutenant with an army of 20,000, a huge artillery train, and a large navy.

Jones defeats Ormond at Rathmines, ending royalist hopes of taking Dublin

The Battle of Rathmines, fought on August 2, 1649, was a significant event during the Irish Confederate Wars, part of the broader conflict known as the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. This battle saw Michael Jones, the commander of the Parliamentarian forces, decisively defeat James Butler, the 1st Duke of Ormond, who led the Royalist and Confederate forces. The victory at Rathmines effectively ended Royalist hopes of capturing Dublin and was a crucial moment in the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland.