Irish Convention (1660) Charles II in January 1661 and he summoned his parliament in Ireland in May 1661. Irish Convention (1660) The Irish Convention sat 7 February, 2 March and 27 May 1660, and again January 1661. It sought to restore the monarchy, episcopacy and also the right for the King's Irish Parliament to tax and legislate for itself, rejecting claims of legislative supremacy by the King's English Parliament. Sir Charles Coote was a central figure in the Convention. In May 1660 the Convention asked the King of Ireland to "call a parliament consisting of Protestant peers and commons. It was also requested
SMS Monarch protected by of armor. The casemates had thick sides while the conning tower had of armor. "Monarch"s deck armor was thick. The "Monarch"-class ships were ordered in May 1892, with "Monarch" to be built at the Pola Naval Arsenal ("Seearsenal"). The ship was laid down on 31 July 1893, and she was launched on 9 May 1895 by Archduchess Maria Theresa, wife of Archduke Karl Ludwig. She was commissioned on 11 May 1898. "Monarch" and her sisters formed the Navy's 1st Capital Ship Division ("I. Schwere Division") in 1899, and the division made a training cruise to the Eastern Mediterranean