The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during th: Early modern Britain saw religious conflict resulting from the Reformation and the introduction of Protestant state churches in each country.[59] The English Reformation ushered in political, constitutional, social and cultural change in the 16th century and established the Church of England. Moreover, it defined a national identity for England and slowly, but profoundly, changed people's religious beliefs.[60] Wales was fully incorporated into the Kingdom of England,[61] and Ireland was constituted as a kingdom in personal union with the English crown.[62] In what was to become Northern Ireland, the lands of the independent Catholic Gaelic nobility were confiscated and given to Protestant settlers from England and Scotland.[63]