Early Modern era · 1690

Battle of the Boyne

The Battle of the Boyne (Irish: Cath na Bóinne IPA: [ˈkah n̪ˠə ˈbˠoːn̠ʲə]) took place in 1690 between the forces of the deposed King James II, and those of King William III who, with his wife Queen Mary II (his cousin and James's daughter), had acceded to the Crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland in 1689.

Battle of the Boyne
Battle of the Boyne · Jan van Huchtenburgh, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
11 Jul 1690
Where
Drogheda
Era
Early Modern

Topics

Before and after

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