Events
- 12 July - Williamite War in Ireland: Battle of Aughrim.
- 22 July - Surrender and treaty of Galway.
- August–October - Williamite War in Ireland: Siege of Limerick.
- 3 October - Treaty of Limerick ends the Williamite War. The Flight of the Wild Geese — the departure of the Jacobite army — follows.
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