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Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone

Irish earl and military leader

22 dated entries naming Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, drawn from 14 separate years between 1550 CE and 1616 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1550Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, Irish rebel (died 1616)source
  • 1562April 12 – Brian O'Neill is murdered by his kinsman Turlough Luineach O'Neill and is succeeded (in the eyes of the English administration of Ireland) as chief of the O'Neills by his brother Hugh.source
  • 1573October – Essex and Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, act against Brian O'Neill.source
  • 1591Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, elopes with Mabel, sister of Henry Bagenal, Provincial President of Ulster.source
  • 15926 January – Hugh Roe O'Donnell and the brothers Art and Henry O'Neill escape from Dublin Castle. With the assistance of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, O'Donnell reaches refuge in the stronghold of Fiach MacHugh O'Byrne at Glenmalure in the Wicklow Mountains, but loses both big toes to frostbite, while Art O'Neill dies of exposure (See: Art O'Neill Challenge). Hugh's father, Aodh mac Maghnusa Ó Domhnaill, abdicates as An Ó Domhnaill (The O'Donnell) and King of Tír Chonaill in his son's favour at the instance of his second wife (Hugh's mother) Iníon Dubh.source
  • 1595Ongoing – Nine Years' War: Rebellion of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell of Tyrconnell (lasts until 1603).source
  • 1598August 14 – Battle of the Yellow Ford in Ireland: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, gains victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal, in the Nine Years' War against English rule.source
  • 159814 August – Nine Years' War: Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone's victory over an English expeditionary force under Henry Bagenal, at the Battle of the Yellow Ford.source
  • 1598October – Nine Years' War: Edmund Spenser's castle at Kilcolman, near Doneraile in North Cork, is burned down by O'Neill's native Irish forces. Spenser leaves for London shortly afterwards.source
  • 1599September 8 – Essex in Ireland: Essex signs a truce with Hugh O'Neill, then leaves Ireland against the instructions of Queen Elizabeth.source
  • 1600January – Nine Years' War against England is renewed by Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, with an invasion of Munster.source
  • 1600January 20 – Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, renews the Nine Years' War (Ireland) against England with an invasion of Munster.source

17th century

  • 1601September 2 – 4th Spanish Armada is sent; a fleet of 33 ships and 4,432 men, under the command of Admiral Juan del Águila, departs Portugal after being dispatched to Ireland by King Philip III. The Spanish fleet is intended to support an Irish rebellion led by Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Hugh Roe O'Donnell against the British.source
  • 1602June – Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone abandons and burns his capital Dungannon.source
  • 1603March 30 – The Nine Years War (Ireland) is ended by the submission of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, to the English Crown, and the signing of the Treaty of Mellifont.source
  • 1603March 31 – the Nine Years War (1595–1603) is ended by the submission of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, to the English Crown and the signing of the Treaty of Mellifont.source
  • 1607September 14 – Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell flee to Spain to avoid capture by the English crown.source
  • 1607September 14 – Flight of the Earls: Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, flee Ireland for Spain with 90 followers, to avoid capture by the English crown, never to return.source
  • 1607November 15 – Flight of the Earls: After the departure from Ireland of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone and Rory O'Donnell, 1st Earl of Tyrconnell, along with 90 of their followers, King James I of England, Scotland and Ireland issues a proclamation "that the flight of the Earles of Tyrone and Tyrconell, with some others of their fellowes out of the North parts of our Realme of Ireland; these men's corruption and falshood, whose hainous offences remaine so fresh in memorie since they declared themselves so very monsters in nature, as they did not only whithdraw themselues from their personall obedience to their Soveraigne, but were content to sell over their Native Countrey to those that stood at that time in the highest termes of hostilitie with the two Crownes of England and Ireland... we doe hereby professe in the worde of a King, that... notwithstanding all that they can claime, must be acknowledged to proceed from meere Grace upon their submission after their great and unnaturall Treasons", and must forfeit their rights and possessions as nobles.source
  • 1616July 20 – The death of Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, in exile in Rome, ends the Flight of the Earls from Ireland.source
  • 1616July 20 – Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, Irish soldier (born 1540)source
  • 1616July 20 – Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Earl of Tyrone, led the resistance during the Nine Years War (born c 1540).source

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