Historical place archive

River Boyne in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at River Boyne in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1690–1690

Historical events in River Boyne

1690

1 July 1690
Boyne River Crossing
William III of Orange · 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.

Provenance

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