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The war began in March 1689 when James II and VII landed in Ireland seeking to reverse the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, which had replaced him with his nephew William III and daughter Mary II. The conflict was part of the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between Louis XIV of France and the Grand Alliance , a coalition led by William as ...
The French Revolution had a major impact on western history, by ending feudalism in France and creating a path for advances in individual freedoms throughout Europe. [ 227 ] [ 2 ] The revolution represented the most significant challenge to political absolutism up to that point in history and spread democratic ideals throughout Europe and ...
Even after the monarchy's fall in the French Revolution, Irish-descended soldiers served successive governments. [3] By the early 1790s, tensions in Ireland – and in continental Europe – had grown. On the Continent, the new French Republic was embroiled in wars with Britain, the Holy Roman Empire, and other states.
The day 23 August 1793 would become a historic one in military history; on that date the National Convention called a levée en masse, or mass conscription, for the first time in human history. By summer of the following year, conscription made some 500,000 men available for service and the French began to deal blows to their European enemies. [32]
December 21: Bonaparte meets with the Irish leader Wolfe Tone to discuss a future French landing in Ireland. December 28: Anti-French riots in Rome, and murder of a French general, Mathurin-Léonard Duphot. December 29: Pope Pius VI apologizes to France for the Rome riots; apologies are rejected by the Directory.
Williamite War in Ireland; Location: Europe, Ireland, Asia, North America France New France Wabanaki Confederacy Jacobites: Grand Alliance: Dutch Republic England Holy Roman Empire; Spanish Empire Duchy of Savoy; Swedish Empire (until 1691) Treaty of Ryswick: French and Iroquois Wars (17th century) Location: Great Lakes region
The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, during the French Revolution. Greek War of Independence, (1821–29), rebellion of Greeks within the Ottoman Empire, a struggle which resulted in the establishment of an independent Greece. This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
The French Revolutionary Wars re-escalated as 1793 began. New powers entered the First Coalition days after the execution of King Louis XVI on 21 January. Spain and Portugal were among these. Then, on 1 February France declared war on Great Britain and the Netherlands.