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Also Known As Franco-Dutch War
Participants Dutch Republic • France • Lorraine • Spain • Sweden • United Kingdom

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Timeline

Anglo-Dutch Wars
Anglo-Dutch Wars
July 8, 1652 - April 1654; March 1665 - July 1667; 1672 - 1674; December 20, 1780 - May 1784
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Siege of Maastricht
June 6, 1673 - July 1, 1673
William III
Battle of Saint-Denis
August 14, 1678

Key People

Charles Le Brun: Portrait of King Louis XIV
Louis XIV
king of France
William III
William III
king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Turenne, Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, vicomte de
Henri de La Tour d’Auvergne, vicomte de Turenne
French military leader
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
François-Henri de Montmorency-Bouteville, duke de Luxembourg
French general
Lionne, detail from an engraving by Nicolas I de Larmessin, 1664
Hugues de Lionne
French statesman
Frederick Herman, duke of Schomberg
German soldier
A French hero
Jean Bart
French military officer
Orléans, Philippe I de France, duc d'
Philippe I de France, duc d’Orléans
French duke
François, chevalier de Créquy
French marshal
Abraham Duquesne, marquis du Quesne
French naval officer

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