... varying degrees of power opened in Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland in 1999. Geography: Location: 54 00 N, 2 00 W Capital City: London History: back to top National Holidays: Birthday of Queen ELIZABETH II, celebrated on the second Saturday in June (1926) Significant Dates: November 14, 1991: Indictments Issued for Pan Am flight 103 The United Kingdom issued indictments against two Libyans for the ... march in Belfast, Northern Ireland. August 12, 1689: Apprentice Boy's March Protestant commemorative marches mark the day that apprentice boys locked the gates of Derry against the fo...

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... rebellions by the Irish. As the English gradually expanded their reach over the island by the 16th century, religious persecution of the Catholic Irish grew- particularly after the accession of Elizabeth I, a Protestant, to the throne in 1558. Oliver Cromwell's subsequent siege of Ireland in 1649 ended with the massacres of Catholics at Drogheda and Wexford and forced the resettlement of thousands ... that had lost their homes during the struggle. By 1691, with victory of Protestant English King William III over the Catholic forces of James II, Protestant control in Ireland was complete...

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