In Ireland, O’Doherty’s Rebellion is launched by the Burning of Derry.

O’Doherty’s Rebellion in 1608 was a brief yet significant uprising in early 17th-century Ireland, led by Sir Cahir O’Doherty, the Gaelic lord of Inishowen in County Donegal. Initially loyal to the English Crown and even knighted for his service, O’Doherty turned against the English authorities due to mounting grievances—particularly the mistreatment he suffered at the hands of Sir George Paulet, the governor of Derry. The rebellion began with a dramatic act: the burning of the city of Derry and the killing of Paulet. Though initially successful, the uprising was quickly crushed by English forces. O’Doherty himself was killed at the Battle of Kilmacrennan, and his head was gruesomely displayed in Dublin as a warning. The rebellion, though short-lived, marked the final flicker of organized Gaelic resistance in Ulster and paved the way for the Plantation of Ulster, a major colonial project that reshaped the region’s demographic and political landscape.