Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland
1649 CE – 1653 CE · 4 years
Cromwell's brutal reconquest of Ireland included the massacres at Drogheda and Wexford and massive land confiscations. The campaign killed an estimated 15-20% of Ireland's population through war, famine, and plague — a trauma that shaped Anglo-Irish relations for centuries.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- English Commonwealth (Oliver Cromwell)
- Irish Confederates & Royalists
Key moments
Defining events in the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland.
- 1649 Siege of Drogheda
- 1649 Siege of Wexford
- 1650 Siege of Clonmel
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.
Landmark · Europe
Plitvice Lakes
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity · Europe
Luxembourg
Attested 1650 CE – 2026 CE
Trade route · Europe
Hanseatic League
1200 CE – 1669 CE
Conflict · Europe
English Civil War
1642 CE – 1651 CE
Landmark · Europe
Giant's Causeway
3000 BCE – still standing.jpg/500px-Parma_dal_Duomo%2C_settembre_2014-1_(15481932581).jpg)
Polity · Europe
Parma
Attested 1650 CE – 1815 CETrade route · Europe
Hanseatic League – Southern Branch
1200 CE – 1669 CE
Conflict · Europe
Anglo-Dutch Wars
1652 CE – 1674 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1649 CE and 1653 CE.
And in the rest of the world
Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.
Image credits8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Cromwellian conquest of IrelandAfter Samuel Cooper · Public domain
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of LuxembourgDrawn by User:SKopp · Public domain
- Hanseatic LeagueDroysen/Andrée · CC BY-SA 3.0
- English Civil Warhttps://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/battle-of-naseby-royalist-reckoning/ · Public domain
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ParmaCittà di Parma · CC BY-SA 2.0
- Anglo-Dutch warsAbraham Storck · Public domain
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