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    The War of Devolution took place from May 1667 to May 1668. In the course of the war, France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté...
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    King Louis XIV of France, promised to Louis as a gift for Louis' marriage to Philip's daughter Princess Maria Theresa, the War of Devolution begins between...
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    King Philip's War (sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, Pometacomet's Rebellion, or Metacom's Rebellion) was an armed...
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    join the Triple Alliance. May 2 – The first Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ends the War of Devolution. May 18 – Charles Sedley's comedy The Mulberry-Garden...
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    Nicolas Auguste de La Baume (category Marshals of France)
    high office in the War of Devolution, the Dutch Wars, War of the Reunions, War of the League of Augsburg (Nine Years'War) and the War in the Cevennes. He...
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    took part in the War of Devolution and the Franco-Dutch War, the latter of which saw his victory over William of Orange at the Battle of Cassel. Through...
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  • Franco-Spanish War may refer to any war between France and Spain, including: As part of Hundred Years' War As part of Italian Wars As part of Thirty Years' War As...
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    French Royal Army (category Armies of Napoleonic Wars)
    War of Devolution. Turenne and Conde, who had been pardoned and allowed to return to France, commanded the French army. Their forces seized much of the...
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  • Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), ending the War of Devolution Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), ending the War of the Austrian Succession Treaty of Aachen...
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    Years' War. Aachen hosted several Peace conferences, those ending the War of Devolution and the War of the Austrian Succession. By the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle...
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    by Genoa. It can be seen as a continuation of the War of Devolution (1667–1668) and the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678), which were driven by Louis XIV's...
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    Netherlands, and began planning the 1667 War of Devolution. On the other hand, Dutch morale rose with the completion of thirty new warships, most carrying up...
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    the War of Devolution, rapidly occupying most of the Spanish Netherlands and Franche-Comté. In July, the Treaty of Breda ended the Anglo-Dutch War, leading...
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    War, the Nine Years' War, and the War of the Spanish Succession. In addition, France contested shorter wars such as the War of Devolution and the War...
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    with its former enemy the Netherlands to oppose Louis XIV in the War of Devolution. Louis made peace with the Triple Alliance, but he continued to maintain...
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    United Kingdom, devolution (historically called home rule) is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government...
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    successfully achieved both aims and when the War of Devolution commenced on 24 May, France occupied most of the Spanish Netherlands with minimal interference...
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    The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1668), which ended the War of Devolution The Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748), which ended the War of the Austrian...
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    (1661), after which he was created Duke of Luxembourg and peer of France. At the opening of the War of Devolution (1667–68), Condé, and consequently Luxembourg...
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    contributions to France's military success in the War of Devolution against Spain and the Franco-Dutch War, his personal life was marred by his unhappy marriage...
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    refusing to do so earlier despite political incentives. During the War of Devolution in 1667 Turenne captured the Spanish Netherlands practically without...
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    Johan de Witt (category People of the War of Devolution)
    to him. Only if Louis XIV rejected this and prolonged the War of Devolution to take control of the whole area would the three countries take military force...
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  • May 24 (category Days of May)
    Army crosses the border into the Spanish Netherlands, starting the War of Devolution opposing France to the Spanish Empire and the Triple Alliance. 1683...
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    the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, which ended the War of Devolution. During this campaign, the château began to assume some of the appearance...
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    The Norman Conquest of England (or the Conquest) was an 11th-century invasion by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops...
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    part of the peace negotiations was the marriage contract between Louis and Maria Theresa, which he used to justify the 1666 to 1667 War of Devolution, and...
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  • Look up devolution or devolve in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Devolution is the transfer of powers from a central government to a regional or a constituent...
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    theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg. It was the first of six colonial...
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    England, which broke apart when Charles II of England rapproached France in 1670, after the War of Devolution. In April 1672, Sweden and France concluded...
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    The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain. It was signed on 2 May 1668 in Aachen (French: Aix-la-Chapelle)...
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