Irish Rebellion
May 23, 1798
The Society of United Irishmen - Protestant and Catholic together, inspired by France - rose in Wexford, Ulster, and Mayo. A small French landing came too late. The rebellion was crushed with terrible cruelty on both sides; 30,000 died. Two years later Pitt would dissolve the Irish parliament and bring Ireland into the United Kingdom.
In context
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Before and after in Europe
Before and after in Politics
- Before: 1797: XYZ Affair
- After: April 7, 1799: Ranjit Singh Takes Lahore
Era
Enlightenment (1651–1800), one of 696 events from that era on Saeculum.