Faster access than browser!
36 relations: Battle of Sedgemoor, Battle of the Boyne, Belgium, Brussels, Capture of Waterford, Charles I of England, Charles II of England, Colonel, Derry, England, Flanders, Franco-Dutch War, George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth, Glorious Revolution, Groom of the Chamber, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne, Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland), Jacobitism, James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant general, List of governors of Tangier, Monmouth Rebellion, Palmes Fairborne, Percy Kirke (British Army officer), Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey), Rhine, Royal Horse Guards, Siege of Derry, Siege of Maastricht (1673), Soldier, Tories (British political party), West Looe (UK Parliament constituency), William III of England, William Selwyn (British Army officer), 2nd Tangier Regiment.
Battle of Sedgemoor
The Battle of Sedgemoor was fought on 6 July 1685 and took place at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Battle of Sedgemoor · See more »
Battle of the Boyne
The Battle of the Boyne (Cath na Bóinne) was a battle in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II of England, and those of Dutch Prince William of Orange who, with his wife Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England and Scotland in 1688.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Battle of the Boyne · See more »
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Belgium · See more »
Brussels
Brussels (Bruxelles,; Brussel), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (Région de Bruxelles-Capitale, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the de jure capital of Belgium.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Brussels · See more »
Capture of Waterford
The Capture of Waterford took place in July 1690 during the Williamite War in Ireland when a force under the command of Percy Kirke captured the town of Waterford from its Jacobite Irish Army garrison.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Capture of Waterford · See more »
Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Charles I of England · See more »
Charles II of England
Charles II (29 May 1630 – 6 February 1685) was king of England, Scotland and Ireland.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Charles II of England · See more »
Colonel
Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Colonel · See more »
Derry
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland and the fourth-largest city on the island of Ireland.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Derry · See more »
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
New!!: Percy Kirke and England · See more »
Flanders
Flanders (Vlaanderen, Flandre, Flandern) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium, although there are several overlapping definitions, including ones related to culture, language, politics and history.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Flanders · See more »
Franco-Dutch War
The Franco-Dutch War (1672–78), often simply called the Dutch War (Guerre de Hollande; Hollandse Oorlog), was a war fought by France, Sweden, Münster, Cologne and England against the Dutch Republic, which was later joined by the Austrian Habsburg lands, Brandenburg-Prussia and Spain to form a Quadruple Alliance.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Franco-Dutch War · See more »
George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth
Admiral George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth PC (c. 1647 – 1691) was an English naval commander who gave distinguished service to both Charles II and James II.
New!!: Percy Kirke and George Legge, 1st Baron Dartmouth · See more »
Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland) by a union of English Parliamentarians with the Dutch stadtholder William III, Prince of Orange, who was James's nephew and son-in-law.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Glorious Revolution · See more »
Groom of the Chamber
Groom of the Chamber and Groom of the Privy Chamber were positions in the Royal Household of the English monarchy, the latter considerably more elevated.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Groom of the Chamber · See more »
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne
Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne, often called simply Turenne (11 September 161127 July 1675) was a French Marshal General and the most illustrious member of the La Tour d'Auvergne family.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne · See more »
Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)
The Irish establishment refers to the crown armies stationed in the Kingdom of Ireland between 1542 and 1801.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland) · See more »
Jacobitism
Jacobitism (Seumasachas, Seacaibíteachas, Séamusachas) was a political movement in Great Britain and Ireland that aimed to restore the Roman Catholic Stuart King James II of England and Ireland (as James VII in Scotland) and his heirs to the thrones of England, Scotland, France and Ireland.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Jacobitism · See more »
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth
James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth, 1st Duke of Buccleuch, KG, PC (9 April 1649 – 15 July 1685) was an English nobleman.
New!!: Percy Kirke and James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth · See more »
Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Lieutenant colonel · See more »
Lieutenant general
Lieutenant general, lieutenant-general and similar (abbrev Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Lieutenant general · See more »
List of governors of Tangier
This is a list of governors of Tangier during the period when it was under European control.
New!!: Percy Kirke and List of governors of Tangier · See more »
Monmouth Rebellion
The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II, the Duke of York.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Monmouth Rebellion · See more »
Palmes Fairborne
Sir Palmes Fairborne (1644 27 October 1680) was an English soldier and Governor of Tangier.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Palmes Fairborne · See more »
Percy Kirke (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Percy Kirke (1684 – 1 January 1741) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the 2nd (The Queen's Royal) Regiment of Foot.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Percy Kirke (British Army officer) · See more »
Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)
The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) was a line infantry regiment of the English and later the British Army from 1661 to 1959.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey) · See more »
Rhine
--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Rhine · See more »
Royal Horse Guards
The Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (The Blues) (RHG) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, part of the Household Cavalry.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Royal Horse Guards · See more »
Siege of Derry
The Siege of Derry, (Léigear Dhoire), was the first major event in the Williamite War in Ireland.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Siege of Derry · See more »
Siege of Maastricht (1673)
The Siege of Maastricht (13–30 June 1673) ended when Jacques de Fariaux, the governor of the Dutch garrison, surrendered to an army under the command of Louis XIV during the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678).
New!!: Percy Kirke and Siege of Maastricht (1673) · See more »
Soldier
A soldier is one who fights as part of an army.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Soldier · See more »
Tories (British political party)
The Tories were members of two political parties which existed sequentially in the Kingdom of England, the Kingdom of Great Britain and later the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.
New!!: Percy Kirke and Tories (British political party) · See more »
West Looe (UK Parliament constituency)
West Looe, often spelt Westlow or alternative Westlowe, was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832.
New!!: Percy Kirke and West Looe (UK Parliament constituency) · See more »
William III of England
William III (Willem; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Gelderland and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from 1672 and King of England, Ireland and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
New!!: Percy Kirke and William III of England · See more »
William Selwyn (British Army officer)
Major General William Selwyn (1655 – 6 April 1702) was an officer in the British Army, MP and briefly Governor of Jamaica.
New!!: Percy Kirke and William Selwyn (British Army officer) · See more »
2nd Tangier Regiment
The 2nd Tangier Regiment was raised by the Charles FitzCharles, 1st Earl of Plymouth in 1680.
New!!: Percy Kirke and 2nd Tangier Regiment · See more »
Redirects here:
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Kirke
