Ireland

Charles Blount, 8th Lord Mountjoy, becomes Lord Deputy of Ireland

Charles Blount, the 8th Lord Mountjoy, served as the Lord Deputy of Ireland during the late 16th century. He was appointed to this important position by Queen Elizabeth I of England. His tenure as Lord Deputy of Ireland was marked by significant events and actions, including the suppression of the Nine Years’ War, a conflict between the English crown and the Gaelic lords and chieftains of Ireland.

Robert Devereux becomes Lieutenant-General of Ireland

Robert Devereux, the 2nd Earl of Essex, was appointed Lieutenant-General of Ireland by Queen Elizabeth I of England in 1599. This appointment was part of Elizabeth’s strategy to suppress the ongoing rebellion in Ireland, known as the Nine Years’ War (1594–1603), led by Hugh O’Neill, the Earl of Tyrone. Devereux’s mission in Ireland was to crush the rebellion and restore English control over the island.

The English poet Edmund Spenser is appointed Sheriff of Cork

High O'Neill defeats the English at the Battle of Yellow Ford

The Battle of the Yellow Ford was fought in south Armagh, Ulster, in Ireland, near the river Blackwater in August 1598, during the Nine Years War (Ireland). The Nine Years War in Ireland took place from 1594 to 1603 and is also known as Tyrones Rebellion. It was fought between the forces of Gaelic Irish chieftains Hugh ONeill - Earl of Tyrone, Hugh Roe ODonnell and their allies against the Elizabethan English government of Ireland. The war was primarily fought in the northern Irish province of Ulster. It ended in defeat for the Irish chieftains and ultimately their exile in the Flight of the Earls and to the Plantation of Ulster. It should not be confused with the Nine Years War of the 1690s, part of which was also fought in Ireland.

Execution of Fiach MacHugh O’Byrne

Pacificatie of Ireland drawn

The “Pacification of Ireland,” which occurred during the late 16th and early 17th centuries.

City Baillie shot when Edinburgh High School pupils rioted when refused a holiday.

Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, defeats the English forces of his brother-in-law, Sir Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of Clontibret, Co. Monaghan

Aodh Mór Ó Néill (anglicised as Hugh ONeill), (c. 1540 - July 20, 1616), was an Irish chieftain of the late 16th century, who became 2nd Earl of Tyrone (known as the Great Earl). ONeills career was played out against the background of the Tudor re-conquest of Ireland, and he is best known for leading the resistance during the Nine Years War (Ireland), the strongest threat to English authority in Ireland since the Anglo-Norman conquest in 1172.

Battle of Glenlivet, George Gordon, Earl of Huntly, defeated a Royalist force under, 7th Earl of Argyll.

English expedition sets out from Galway to kill pirate queen, Grace O'Malley

Gráinne O’Malley (c. 1530 – c. 1603), was the head of the Ó Máille dynasty in the west of Ireland, and the daughter of Eóghan Dubhdara Ó Máille.