HISTORICAL RECORD.
| YEAR | PAGE | |
| 1684 | Formation of the regiment in Ireland | [1] |
| —— | Arthur Earl of Granard appointed to be Colonel | [2] |
| 1685 | Decease of King Charles II. | – |
| —— | Accession of King James II. | – |
| —— | Rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth | – |
| —— | Embarkation of the regiment for England | – |
| —— | Capture and execution of the Duke of Monmouth | – |
| —— | Regiment re-embarked for Ireland | – |
| 1686 | Proceedings in Ireland in favour of the Roman Catholics | [3] |
| —— | Arthur Lord Forbes appointed Colonel in succession to the Earl of Granard | – |
| 1687 | Encamped on the Curragh of Kildare | – |
| 1688 | Embarked for England | 4 |
| —— | The Prince of Orange arrived from Holland | – |
| —— | Adhesion of a certain number of the officers and soldiers to the Protestant cause | [5] |
| —— | The Protestant officers and soldiers marched into Hertfordshire with the regiment | [6] |
| —— | The Irish Roman Catholic soldiers sent to the Isle of Wight | – |
| 1688 | Lord Forbes retired from the service, and succeeded in the Colonelcy by Sir John Edgeworth | [6] |
| —— | Colonel —— Talbot, Earl Tyrconnel, appointed by King James II. as Lord-lieutenant of Ireland | – |
| —— | The Prince of Orange elevated to the throne with the title of King William III. | – |
| 1689 | Regiment marched to Chester | – |
| —— | Sir John Edgeworth deprived of his commission, and succeeded in the Colonelcy by Edward Earl of Meath | – |
| —— | Arrival of King James II. in Ireland, with troops from France | [7] |
| —— | King William III. assembled an army at Chester | – |
| —— | Regiment marched to Highlake, and embarked for Ireland | – |
| —— | Engaged at the siege of Carrickfergus | – |
| —— | Encamped at Dundalk | – |
| —— | Quartered at Lisburn during the winter | – |
| 1690 | King William III. arrived in Ireland and assumed the command of the army | – |
| —— | Battle of the Boyne | – |
| —— | Marched to Dublin, and reviewed at Finglass | [8] |
| —— | Detached against Castle-Connell | – |
| —— | Engaged in an unsuccessful assault upon Limerick | – |
| —— | Siege of Limerick raised | [9] |
| —— | Marched towards Mullingar | – |
| —— | Proceeded to the relief of Birr | – |
| —— | Stationed at Mullingar during the winter | – |
| 1691 | Detachment advanced towards Dunmore | – |
| —— | Quitted Mullingar, and engaged in the siege of Ballymore | [10] |
| —— | Engaged in the siege of Athlone | — |
| —— | ——— at the battle of Aghrim | — |
| —— | Marched against Galway | [11] |
| —— | Engaged in the siege and capture of Limerick | — |
| —— | Termination of hostilities in Ireland | — |
| 1692 | Regiment embarked for England | [11] |
| —— | Naval action off La Hogue, and French fleet nearly destroyed | — |
| —— | Menace of French invasion ceased | [12] |
| —— | Projected expedition to the coast of France | — |
| —— | Certain regiments ordered to Flanders | — |
| —— | Regiment landed at Ostend | — |
| —— | Capture of Furnes and Dixmude | — |
| —— | Re-embarked for England | — |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel F. Hamilton promoted to the Colonelcy in succession to the Earl of Meath, retired | — |
| 1693 | Embarked as Marines on board the fleet | — |
| —— | Disembarked and proceeded to Norwich | [13] |
| —— | Marched to London, and reviewed by King William III. in Hyde Park | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ostend | — |
| 1694 | Proceeded to Louvain | [14] |
| —— | Engaged in the siege of Huy | — |
| —— | Marched into winter quarters at Ghent | — |
| —— | Rank of the regiment fixed as EIGHTEENTH of the infantry of the line | [15] |
| 1695 | Engaged at the siege of Namur | — |
| —— | ——— in storming the castle of Namur | [16] |
| —— | King William III. conferred on the regiment the title of the ROYAL REGIMENT OF FOOT OF IRELAND, with the HARP IN A BLUE FIELD AND THE CROWN OVER IT, the privilege of bearing his own arms, THE LION OF NASSAU, on its colours; with the motto Virtutis Namurcensis Premium | [17] |
| —— | Title afterwards changed to "THE ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT OF FOOT" | [18] |
| —— | Surrender of the fortress of Namur | — |
| —— | Marched into winter quarters at Ghent | — |
| 1696 | Served under the Prince of Vaudemont | — |
| —— | Returned to Ghent | — |
| 1697 | Joined the army of Brabant under King William III. | — |
| 1697 | Termination of the war, and treaty of Ryswick | [19] |
| —— | Embarked at Ostend for Ireland | — |
| —— | Arrived at Cork | — |
| 1699 | Marched to Waterford, thence to Dublin | — |
| 1700 | Removed to Kinsale | — |
| 1701 | Hostilities recommenced with France | [20] |
| —— | Embarked for Holland | — |
| —— | Reviewed on Breda Heath by King William III. | — |
| 1702 | Proceeded to Rosendael | — |
| —— | Engaged at the siege of Kayserswerth | — |
| —— | ——— in skirmish near Nimeguen | — |
| —— | The Earl of Marlborough assumed the command of the allied army | [21] |
| —— | Engaged in the siege of Venloo | — |
| —— | Extraordinary attack of Fort St. Michael | — |
| —— | Engaged at the siege and capture of Ruremonde | [24] |
| —— | ————————————— of Liège | — |
| —— | Retired to Holland, and entered winter quarters at Huesden | — |
| 1703 | Engaged at the siege and capture of Huy | [25] |
| —— | ——— at the siege and capture of Limburg | — |
| —— | Marched to Breda | — |
| 1704 | Proceeded from Breda to the Danube | — |
| —— | Joined the Imperial army | [26] |
| —— | Battle of Schellenberg | — |
| —— | Crossed the Danube | — |
| —— | Siege and capture of Rayn | — |
| —— | Battle of Blenheim | [27] |
| —— | Marshal Tallard and many officers and soldiers made prisoners | — |
| —— | Returned to Holland | [28] |
| 1705 | General Ingoldsby appointed to be Colonel, in the place of General Hamilton (retired) | [29] |
| —— | Marched to Maestricht | — |
| —— | Engaged in the recapture of Huy | — |
| —— | Passed the works of Helixem and Neer-Hespen | — |
| —— | Returned to winter quarters in Holland | [30] |
| 1706 | Advanced to Tongres | — |
| 1706 | Battle of Ramilies | [30] |
| —— | Surrender of Brussels, Lierre, Ghent, Bruges, &c. | [31] |
| —— | ———— of Oudenarde and Antwerp | — |
| —— | Siege and surrender of Ostend | — |
| —— | Attack and surrender of the fortress of Menin | — |
| —— | Capture of the fortress of Aeth | [32] |
| —— | Returned to winter quarters at Ghent | — |
| 1707 | Engaged in active field-movements | — |
| 1708 | Re-embarked at Ostend for England to repel invasion by the Pretender | [33] |
| —— | Returned to Flanders | — |
| —— | Recaptured Ghent and Bruges from the French | — |
| —— | Battle of Oudenarde | — |
| —— | Siege and surrender of Lisle | [34] |
| 1709 | ———————— of Tournay | — |
| —— | Battle of Malplaquet | [35] |
| —— | Extraordinary collision between the two regiments called "Royal Regiments of Ireland:" one in the English service, the other in the French service, both regiments bearing the Irish Harp | [36] |
| —— | Employed in the siege of Mons | [37] |
| —— | Marched into winter quarters in Ghent | — |
| 1710 | Engaged in forcing the lines at Pont-à-Vendin | — |
| —— | ——— at the siege of Douay | — |
| —— | ——— at the siege of Bethune | — |
| —— | ——— at the siege of Aire | — |
| —— | Returned to Ghent | [38] |
| 1711 | Passage of the French lines at Arleux | — |
| —— | Siege and capture of Bouchain | — |
| —— | Marched into winter quarters at Lisle | [40] |
| 1712 | Lieut.-Colonel Stearne promoted to be Colonel in succession to General Ingoldsby (deceased) | — |
| —— | Marched from Lisle, and encamped beyond Bouchain | — |
| —— | Joined the army under the Duke of Ormond | — |
| —— | Suspension of hostilities | — |
| 1713 | Rank of the Royal Irish Regiment as 18th regiment of foot in the English army, directed to take date from the time of its arrival in England, in 1688 | [40] |
| —— | Conclusion of the treaty of peace at Utrecht | — |
| 1714 | Remained in the garrison of Ghent until the Barrier Treaty was signed | [41] |
| —— | Reception of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough on passing through Ghent | — |
| 1715 | Returned to England on account of the rebellion of the Earl of Mar, leaving the Lieut.-Colonel and 100 men in the castle of Ghent | — |
| —— | Landed at Greenwich, marched to Gloucester, and thence to Oxford | — |
| 1716 | Rencontre at Oxford, in consequence of acts of disloyalty evinced in that town | — |
| 1717 | Marched to Portsmouth | [42] |
| —— | Lieut.-Colonel William Cosby promoted to the Colonelcy in succession to General Stearne, who retired | — |
| 1718 | Embarked for Minorca | — |
| 1727 | Detachment of 500 men proceeded from Minorca to reinforce the garrison of Gibraltar, besieged by the Spaniards | — |
| 1732 | Sir Charles Hotham, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Cosby, appointed Governor-in-Chief of New York | — |
| 1735 | Colonel John Armstrong appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to Sir Charles Hotham | — |
| 1742 | Colonel John Mordaunt appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Armstrong | — |
| —— | Returned from Minorca to England | — |
| 1744 | Reviewed on Hounslow Heath by Field-Marshal the Duke of Cumberland | [43] |
| 1745 | Embarked for Flanders | — |
| —— | Landed at Ostend, and marched to Mons | [44] |
| 1745 | Re-embarked for England in consequence of Charles Edward, son of the Pretender, having landed in Scotland | [45] |
| —— | Landed at Gravesend, and embarked for Leith | — |
| 1747 | Colonel John Folliott appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir J. Mordaunt | [46] |
| 1748 | Returned from Scotland to England | — |
| —— | Conclusion of the treaty of peace at Aix la Chapelle | — |
| 1749 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1751 | Royal warrant issued for regulating the clothing, colours, &c. | — |
| 1755 | War recommenced with France | [47] |
| —— | Embarked for England, marched to Edinburgh | — |
| 1757 | Re-embarked for Ireland, and remained there during the Seven Years' War | — |
| 1762 | General Sir John Sebright, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Folliott (deceased) | — |
| 1767 | Embarked from Ireland for North America | — |
| 1775 | Commencement of war with America | — |
| —— | Engaged at the village of Lexington | [48] |
| —— | Proceeded to destroy American stores at Concord | — |
| —— | Engaged in the battle at Bunker's Hill | [49] |
| 1776 | Quitted Boston and embarked for Nova Scotia | — |
| —— | Embarked for England and stationed at Dover Castle | — |
| 1778 | Encamped at Coxheath | — |
| 1779 | ———— at Warley | [50] |
| 1780 | ———— at Finchley | — |
| 1782 | Termination of the American war | — |
| —— | Embarked for Jersey | — |
| 1783 | Removed to Guernsey | — |
| —— | Engaged in quelling a mutiny in the 104th Regiment | — |
| —— | Received the thanks of the Lieut.-Governor and of the States of the Island, accompanied by one hundred guineas for distribution among the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, for their loyal and spirited conduct | [50] |
| 1783 | Proceeded to Portsmouth, and embarked for Gibraltar | — |
| 1793 | Embarked from Gibraltar to take possession of Toulon in aid of the French loyalists and in the name of Louis XVII. | — |
| —— | Evacuated Toulon after destroying the shipping, arsenal, and magazines | [52] |
| 1794 | Embarked for the Island of Corsica | — |
| —— | Siege and capture of the town and fortress of Calvi | [53] |
| —— | General Sir James Pulteney, Bart., appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir John Sebright, Bart., deceased | [54] |
| 1796 | Withdrawn from the Island of Corsica | — |
| —— | Proceeded to the Island of Elba | — |
| —— | Embarked for the coast of Italy, and took possession of Campiglia, Castiglione, and Piombino | — |
| —— | Re-embarked for Elba | [55] |
| 1797 | Removed to Gibraltar | — |
| 1800 | Embarked from Gibraltar for service in the Mediterranean | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Minorca | — |
| —— | Sailed to Genoa to co-operate with the Austrians | — |
| —— | Returned to Minorca | — |
| —— | Embarked on an expedition against Cadiz | — |
| —— | Sailed to Gibraltar on the design of the expedition being relinquished | — |
| —— | Proceeded again to Minorca | — |
| —— | Sailed to Malta, and joined the armament under Lieut.-General Sir Ralph Abercromby | [56] |
| —— | Sailed to Marmorice Bay | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Alexandria, and anchored in the Bay of Aboukir | — |
| 1801 | Landed at Aboukir | [56] |
| —— | Advanced to Alexandria | [57] |
| —— | Battle of Alexandria on the 21st of March | [58] |
| —— | Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Rosetta | — |
| —— | Captured Fort St. Julian | — |
| —— | Advanced up the banks of the Nile | — |
| —— | Engaged in operations at El Aft and Rahmanie | [59] |
| —— | Siege and capture of the city of Cairo | — |
| —— | Surrender of Alexandria, and expulsion of the French from Egypt | — |
| —— | Authorized to bear the Sphinx with the word Egypt | — |
| —— | Proceeded to Malta | [60] |
| 1802 | Treaty of Peace concluded at Amiens | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1803 | War with France recommenced | — |
| —— | Augmented to two battalions | — |
| —— | Two battalions embarked for Scotland | — |
| —— | Received a complimentary letter from the magistrates and clergy of Haddington | — |
| 1804 | Proceeded to England | — |
| —— | Landed at Ramsgate and encamped on Barham Downs | [61] |
| —— | Second battalion embarked for Jersey | — |
| 1805 | First battalion embarked for Jamaica | — |
| 1807 | Second battalion embarked for Curaçao | — |
| 1809 | First battalion embarked for St. Domingo | — |
| —— | St. Domingo surrendered by the French | [62] |
| —— | First battalion returned to Jamaica | — |
| 1810 | Second battalion embarked for England | — |
| 1811 | —————— proceeded to Jersey | — |
| —— | General Lord Hutchinson, afterwards Earl of Donoughmore, appointed to the Colonelcy in succession to General Sir James Pulteney, Bart., deceased | — |
| 1814 | Termination of the war with France | — |
| —— | Disbandment of the second battalion | — |
| 1817 | Returned to England from Jamaica | [63] |
| 1817 | Proceeded to Brighton | — |
| —— | Furnished the guard of H. R. H. the Prince Regent at the Pavilion | — |
| 1818 | Marched to Gosport | — |
| —— | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| —— | Received the thanks and approbation of the public authorities of several of the principal places in Ireland | — |
| 1820 | Marched to Cork | — |
| 1821 | Embarked for Malta | — |
| 1824 | Embarked for the Ionian Islands | [64] |
| —— | Received the testimonial of General the Marquis of Hastings | — |
| 1832 | Embarked at Corfu for England | [65] |
| —— | Appointment of General Lord Aylmer to the Colonelcy in succession to General the Earl of Donoughmore, deceased | — |
| 1834 | Embarked for Ireland | — |
| 1837 | Formed into Six Service and Four Depôt Companies preparatory to embarkation for Foreign Service | — |
| —— | Service companies embarked for Ceylon | — |
| 1838 | Depôt companies embarked from Dublin for England | — |
| 1839 | Removed from Colombo to Trincomalee | — |
| —— | Three companies embarked from Portsmouth | — |
| 1840 | War commenced with China | — |
| —— | Six companies embarked from Ceylon for China | [66] |
| —— | Capture of the Island of Chusan | [67] |
| —— | —————— city of Ting-hae-hien | — |
| 1841 | Possession taken of Hong-Kong | — |
| —— | Regiment sailed up the Canton river, and the City of Canton surrendered | [69] |
| —— | Capture of the Island and City of Amoy | [70] |
| —— | —————— Island of Koolangsoo | — |
| —— | Island of Chusan again taken possession of | [71] |
| —— | Capture of the City of Chinhae | — |
| 1841 | Capture of the City of Ningpo | [72] |
| 1842 | Four companies stationed at Ningpo, and five companies at Koolangsoo | — |
| —— | Defeat of the Tartars and Chinese in an attack upon Ningpo | — |
| —— | Capture of Tsekee, and heights of Segaon | [73] |
| —— | Forced the Chankee Pass | — |
| —— | Attack and capture of the city of Chapoo | — |
| —— | Employed on an expedition up the Yangtse-Keang river | [74] |
| —— | Capture of Woosung, Poonshau, and the city of Shanghae | — |
| —— | Capture of the city of Chin Keang-foo by storm | — |
| —— | Embarked for Nankin, the ancient Capital of China | [75] |
| —— | Conditions of Peace agreed | — |
| —— | The word "China" and the device of the "Dragon" authorized to be borne on the colours and appointments | — |
| —— | Proceeded from Nankin to Chusan | — |
| 1843 | Head-quarters at Koolangsoo | [76] |
| —— | —————— removed to Chusan | — |
| 1845 | ————————— to Hong-Kong | — |
| 1847 | Embarked at Hong-Kong, and engaged in operations on the Canton River | — |
| —— | Returned to Hong-Kong | — |
| —— | Embarked for Calcutta | — |
| 1848 | Arrived at Fort William, Bengal | — |
| —— | The Conclusion | [77] |
1848.
PLATES.
| Colours of the Eighteenth, Royal Irish Regiment, | to face | [1] |
| Representation of the Battle of Blenheim, on the 13th August, 1704 | [28] | |
| Costume of the Regiment | [80] |