Blacker
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 5
- Years
- 1795–1796
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Blacker, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Battle of the Diamond
1795–1796Role: Protestant participant who later testified before a Select Committee
- Founding of the Orange Order
After the battle, the Peep o' Day Boys founded the Orange Order at James Sloan's inn in Loughgall.
- The Armagh Outrages
In the winter of 1795–6, Protestants drove around 7,000 Catholics out of County Armagh.
- Peace Conference of 18 September 1795
Captain Joseph Atkinson convened Protestant landowners and Catholic priests as numbers swelled before the battle.
- Battle of the Diamond
The Catholic Defenders and Protestant Peep o' Day Boys fought a planned confrontation near Loughgall on 21 September 1795.
- Diamond Day and Orange Heritage Week
'Diamond Day' marks the battle's anniversary and begins Orange Heritage Week.
- Founding of the Orange Order
Sources
- Battle of the Diamond Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-01