Battle of Aughrim

Date: July 22, 1691 • Location: Ballinasloe, Ireland

Williamite forces defeated the Jacobites at the Battle of Aughrim, the decisive battle of the Williamite War in Ireland.

A Williamite was a follower of King William III who deposed King James II in the Glorious Revolution. William, the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic, replaced James with the support of English Whigs.