Which important battle took place in North Eastern Ireland on 12th July 1690?
Battle of the Boyne and ultimately aided in ensuring the continued Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. The battle took place on 1 July 1690 O.S. William's forces defeated James's army, which consisted mostly of raw recruits. Although the Williamite War in Ireland continued until October 1691, James fled to France after the Boyne, never to return. The symbolic importance of this battle has made it one of the best-known battles in the history of the British Isles and a key part of the folklore of the Orange Order. Its commemoration today is principally by the Orange Order, which records the first commemorative parades as having
French ship Intrépide (1690) Rochefort Dockyard in April 1689 and launched in March of the following year. She was completed in May 1690 and took part in the Battle of Beachy Head on 10 July 1690. She later took part in the Battle of Lagos on 28 June 1693 and in the Battle of Velez Malaga on 24 August 1704. In July 1707 she was one of the ships scuttled at Toulon on Louis XIV's orders during the siege of that port, but was subsequently refloated and refitted. She was condemned in June 1717 at Toulon and used as a hulk, before being taken