During the conflict which resulted from the ousting of King James II by his Protestant rival, William III, Enniskillen and Derry were the focus of Williamite resistance in Ireland, including the nearby Battle of Newtownbutler.

During the Williamite War in Ireland ( 1689 – 1691 ) the city was to endure two further sieges, one in 1690 and another in 1691.

During the following century estate surveys were undertaken for the absentee landlord ( exiled since the Williamite wars of 1688-91 ) which tell of a wayside Inn that existed since the earliest times ( exact location unknown ), operated then in 1727 by a Cornelius Donnellan and was frequented around that time by Jonathan Swift during his several excursions to Co. Cavan.

During the Williamite War in Ireland in the 1690s, the then 4th Earl of Clancarty ( also named Donough MacCarty ) was captured and his lands ( including Blarney Castle ) were confiscated by the Williamites.

During the Williamite war in Ireland, the island was used as an internment camp for Irish soldiers.

During the Williamite war in Ireland, in 1690, the Catholic King James stationed his Jacobite army just to the west of Santry, near Balcurris ( now within Ballymun ) before setting out to oppose William of Orange at the battle of the Boyne.

During the First and Second World Wars, Inchcolm was occupied by the army as part of the defences of the Firth of Forth.

During the first and second World Wars, several battleships and aircraft carriers were built with a " clipper bow " for improved hydrodynamic efficiency.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Russia — supported by Great Britain in the Dardanelles Operation — blockaded the straits in 1807.

During the Napoleonic Wars, dragoons generally assumed a cavalry role, though remaining a lighter class of mounted troops than the armored cuirassiers.

During the Napoleonic Wars, Freikorps were formed for the purpose of shaking off French rule in Germany.

During the Civil Wars that led to the Principate, Octavian ( later Augustus ) acquired the personal gladiator troop of his erstwhile opponent, Mark Antony.

During the Greco-Persian Wars ( 499 – 448 BC ), alliances between groups of cities ( whose composition varied over time ) fought against the Persians.

During the course of these " Bishops ' Wars " Charles tried to raise an army of Irish Catholics, but was forced to back down after a storm of protest in Scotland and England.

During the Middle Ages, Muslims were in conflict with Zoroastrians during the Islamic conquest of Persia ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Byzantine-Arab Wars, Crusades, Reconquista and Ottoman wars in Europe ; Christians were in conflict with Muslims during the Crusades, Reconquista and Inquisition ; Shamans were in conflict with Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims and Christians during the Mongol invasions ; and Muslims were in conflict with Hindus and Sikhs during Muslim conquest in the Indian subcontinent.

During the Wars of the Roses two battles were fought in and around St Albans.

During the Yugoslav Wars, nearly every single nation that had ties with Serbia, had broken off diplomacy for the wars in Yugoslavia, and the rule of Slobodan Milošević.

During this period between the two World Wars France and Germany worked to help develop the country in both the technical and educational spheres.

During the Napoleonic Wars the regiment saw action in the Peninsular War.

During the 1990s, Charles Taylor's presidency and the First and Second Liberian Civil Wars underscored Liberian relations with the Western world, the People's Republic of China, and its neighboring countries in Western Africa.

During the Napoleonic Wars, the city's status changed.

During the Napoleonic Wars ( 1800 – 1815 ), Malta's economy prospered and became the focal point of a major trading system.

During the nineteenth century, American militia saw action in the various Indian Wars and the War of 1812, the American Civil War and the Spanish-American War.

During the Napoleonic Wars ( 1802 – 1814 ), Parma was part of the Taro Département.

During the Wars of Castro, Taddeo was also appointed Commander of the Papal Army.

During the " War of the Holy League " and the " Italian Wars ", alliances and participants changed dramatically.

During the Napoleonic Wars the British army created several experimental units known as " Rifles ", armed with the Baker rifle.

During the Punic Wars between Rome and the great Mediterranean empire of Carthage, Rome's stature increased further as it became the capital of an overseas empire for the first time.

During the First ( 1994 – 1996 ) and Second Chechen Wars ( 1999 – 2009 ), Chechen rebels used RPGs to attack Russian tanks from basements and high rooftops.

During the Yugoslav Wars ( 1991-1995 ), RPGs were used by all sides with great effect.

During the Napoleonic Wars, fearing that French control of the Netherlands might deliver Sri Lanka to the French, Great Britain occupied the coastal areas of the island ( which they called Ceylon ) with little difficulty in 1796.

During King William's War ( 1689 to 1697 ) military conflicts in Acadia included: Battle of Port Royal ( 1690 ); a naval battle in the Bay of Fundy ( Action of July 14, 1696 ); and the Raid on Chignecto ( 1696 ).

During the Great Turkish War Prokuplje was captured by Austrian troops and Serbian Militia in 1689 and burned down during their retreat in 1690, against the order of Antonije Znorić.

During King William's War ( 1689 – 1697 ), the next most serious threat to Quebec in the 17th century came in 1690 when, alarmed by the attacks of the petite guerre, the New England colonies sent an armed expedition north, under Sir William Phips, to capture Quebec itself.

During the war, the military conflicts in Acadia included: Battle at Chedabucto ( Guysborough ); Battle of Port Royal ( 1690 ); a naval battle in the Bay of Fundy ( Action of 14 July 1696 ); Raid on Chignecto ( 1696 ) and Siege of Fort Nashwaak ( 1696 ).

During 1690 some Huguenot refugees settled in Stellenbosch, grapes were planted in the fertile valleys around Stellenbosch and soon it became the centre of the South African wine industry.

During the Dutch rule Pulicat was known by the name Pallaicatta Pulicat today bears testimony to this fact ( period 1606 to 1690 ) with the Dutch Fort in ruins, dating back to 1609, a Dutch Church, Dutch Cemetery with 22 protected tombs ( 1631 to 1655 ) and a Dutch Cemetery with 76 tombs and mausoleums protected by the Archaeological Survey of India ( ASI ).

During his imprisonment he wrote a series of poems on the margins of a copy of Auteurs déguisés ( Paris, 1690 ), which he called Otia bastiliaca.

During the reign of William and Mary, he served as Lord High Admiral ( 1689 ) and then First Lord of the Admiralty ( 1689 – 1690 ).

During the British reign in 1690 The Raide of Frontier Tribes Act-22 was passed which among other things envisaged the creation of Chittagong Hill Tracts District comprising the entire hilly region along the south eastern border of present day Bangladesh, stretching right from Tripura in the north and Myanmar in the south.

During the War of the Grand Alliance, Admiral Tourville won a decisive victory in the Battle of Beachy Head ( 1690, Bataille de Bévezier ).