the battle of the boyne happened on 1 july 1690.
the battle of the boyne happened on 1 july 1690.
when did the battle of the boyne happen?
1 july 1690
the twelfth itself originated as a celebration of the battle of aughrim, which took place on 12 july 1691 in the 'old style' (o.s.) julian calendar then in use. aughrim was the decisive battle of the williamite war, in which the predominantly irish catholic jacobite army was destroyed and the remainder capitulated at limerick, whereas the boyne was less decisive. the twelfth in the early 18th century was a popular commemoration of aughrim, featuring bonfires and parades. the battle of the boyne (fought on 1 july 1690) was commemorated with smaller parades on 1 july. however, the two events were combined in the late 18th century. the first reason for this was the british switch to the gregorian calendar in 1752, which repositioned the nominal date of the battle of the boyne to 11 july new style (n.s.) (with the battle of aughrim nominally repositioned to 23 july n.s.). the second reason was the foundation of the orange order in 1795. the order preferred the boyne, due to william of orange's presence there. it has also been suggested that in the 1790s (a time of roman catholic resurgence) the boyne, where the jacobites were routed, was more appealing to the order than aughrim, where they had fought hard and died in great numbers.
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section::::viscounts boyne (1717).









































bullet::::- gustavus hamilton, 1st viscount boyne (1642–1723)









































bullet::::- hon. frederick hamilton (–1715)









































bullet::::- gustavus hamilton, 2nd viscount boyne (1710–1746)









































bullet::::- frederick hamilton, 3rd viscount boyne (1718–1772)









































bullet::::- richard hamilton, 4th viscount boyne (1724–1789)









































bullet::::- gustavus hamilton, 5th viscount boyne (1749–1816)









































bullet::::- gustavus hamilton, 6th viscount boyne (1777–1855)









































bullet::::- gustavus frederick hamilton-russell, 7th viscount boyne (1798–1872)









































bullet::::- gustavus russell hamilton-russell, 8th viscount boyne (1830–1907)









































bullet::::- gustavus william hamilton-russell, 9th viscount boyne (1864–1942)









































bullet::::- gustavus michael george hamilton-russell, 10th viscount boyne (1931–1995)
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