The Franco-Dutch War, also known as the Dutch War (French: Guerre de Hollande; Dutch: Hollandse Oorlog), was fought between France and the Dutch Republic, supported by its allies the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark-Norway.In its early stages, France was allied with Münster and Cologne, as well as England.The 1672 to 1674 Third Anglo …

The Eighty Years' War or Dutch Revolt (Dutch: Nederlandse Opstand) (c.1566/1568–1648) was an armed conflict in the Habsburg Netherlands between disparate groups of rebels and the Spanish government.The causes of the war included the Reformation, centralisation, taxation, and the rights and privileges of the nobility and cities.After the initial stages, Philip II of Spain, …

The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. ... The 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War showed the Spanish could not defend the Southern Netherlands, and so the 1697 Treaty of Ryswick allowed the Dutch to place garrisons in eight key cities.

The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg, was a conflict between France and a European coalition which mainly included the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy), the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, Savoy, Sweden and Portugal.Although not the first European war to spill over to …

The Third Anglo-Dutch War (Dutch: Derde Engels-Nederlandse Oorlog), 27 March 1672 to 19 February 1674, was a naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England, in alliance with France.It is considered a subsidiary of the wider 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War.. In the 1670 Secret Treaty of Dover, Charles II of England agreed to support an attack by Louis XIV of …

The British Army during the Napoleonic Wars experienced a time of rapid change. At the beginning of the French Revolutionary Wars in 1793, the army was a small, awkwardly administered force of barely 40,000 men. By the end of the period, the numbers had vastly increased. At its peak, in 1813, the regular army contained over 250,000 men. The British …

The Battle of Augusta, also known as the Battle of Agosta and the Battle of Etna, took place on 22 April 1676 during the Franco-Dutch War and was fought between a French fleet of 29 men-of-war, five frigates and eight fireships under Abraham Duquesne, and a Dutch-Spanish fleet of at least 28 warships (17 Dutch, 11 Spanish) besides several frigates and five fireships with a …

The Nine Years' War 1688–1697, often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg – was a conflict between Louis XIV of France and a European coalition of Austria, the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Spain, England and Savoy. It was fought in Europe and the surrounding seas, North America and in India. It is sometimes considered the …

The Lord High Admiral's Regiment saw action in the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), and the Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–74). However, due to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, [6] King James II was deposed by the English Parliament , leading to the disbandment of the regiment.

Maastricht (/ ˈ m ɑː s t r ɪ x t / MAH-strikht, US also / m ɑː ˈ s t r ɪ x t / mah-STRIKHT, Dutch: [maːˈstrɪxt] (); Limburgish: Mestreech [məˈstʀeːç]; French: Maestricht (archaic); Spanish: Mastrique (archaic)) is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands.It is the capital and largest city of the province of Limburg.Maastricht is located on both sides of the ...