Topic 50 By facebooker_2446147235546930 1100 12th century. Beginning of 700 years of shared history. 1171 Henry II arrival, Treaty of Windsor 1200 13th century. King John civil goverment 1300 14th century. Revival of Irish political power, language, law and civilization 1541 Henry VIII proclaimed himself king of Ireland. 1641 General rising of the Irish in Ulster 1660 Restoration. Charles III religious toleration. 1690 Victory of William III at the Battle of Boyne. Period: 1715 to 1745 Jacobite risings in Scotland. 1798 Unsucessful United Irishmen revolt. 1800 Act of Union. Period: 1828 to 1829 Political equality. 1840 Great Famine. 1848 Failure of risings of 1848