The Twelfth

Annual Protestant celebrations on the 12th of July, originating in Ireland, commonly known as The Twelfth but also as, Orangemen's Day or as the Boyne celebrations, commemorating the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 and the Glorious Revolution. Curiously, it originated as a celebration of the Battle of Aughrim which took place on 12 July 1691 in the Julian calendar, while the Boyne took place a year and eleven days earlier on 12 July in the Gregorian calendar.

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Protestant - 12th of July - Ireland - Orangemen - Boyne - Battle of the Boyne - 1690 - Glorious Revolution - Battle of Aughrim - 1691 - Julian calendar - Gregorian calendar

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Commonly celebrated in Ulster, Scotland, England and Canada.

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Ulster - Scotland - England - Canada

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