Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 12

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July 12: The Twelfth in Northern Ireland

• 1543 – King Henry VIII of England married Catherine Parr (pictured), his sixth and last wife, at Hampton Court Palace.

• 1690 – Williamite forces defeated Jacobite troops at the Battle of the Boyne just outside Drogheda, Ireland, marking a turning point in the Williamite War.

• 1806 – Sixteen German states left the Holy Roman Empire and formed the Confederation of the Rhine.

• 1862 – The Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government, was first authorized by the U.S. Congress.

• 1979 – The Gilbert Islands gained independence from the United Kingdom and became known as Kiribati.

• 2006 – Hezbollah forces crossed the Israel–Lebanon border and attacked Israeli military positions, sparking the July War.

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