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Boyne River Crossing

England · Warfare / English Succession War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1690

William III of Orange1 July 1690

River Boyne · Warfare / English Succession War

William III of Orange personally directs operations as his army forces crossings of the Boyne and compels the Jacobite army to retreat.

Names involved

William III of Orange

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