War of the League of Augsburg


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Related to War of the League of Augsburg: War of the Grand Alliance, Nine Years War
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Noun1.War of the League of Augsburg - an aggressive war waged by Louis XIV against Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and England and Holland and other states (1689-1697)
War of the Grand Alliance
battle of Boyne, Boyne - a battle in the War of the Grand Alliance in Ireland in 1690; William III defeated the deposed James II and so ended the Catholicism that had been reintroduced in England by the Stuarts
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Long before the two great conflicts of the 20th century, world wars reverberated in North America along this great path: the Nine Years' War (called by the French the War of the League of Augsburg and by the English colonists of North America King William's War, 1688-1697), the Wars of the Spanish and the Austrian Succession (1701-1714 and 1740-1748 respectively), the Seven Years' War (called by the English colonists the French and Indian War, 1756-1763), the American Revolution, and the Wars of the French Revolution and Empire.
On the Warpath
Principal wars: Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665-1667); Dutch War (1672-1678); War of the League of Augsburg (1688-1697); War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).
Almonde, Philips van (1644-1711)
Principal war: War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697).
Ashby, Sir John (d. 1693)
Principal wars: War of Devolution (1667-1668); Dutch War (1672-1678); War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697); War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).
Boufflers, Louis Francois, Marquis and Duke de (1644-1711)
Principal wars: Dutch War (1672-1678); Turkish War (1682-1699); War of the League of Augsburg (1689-1697).
Caprara, Count Aeneas Sylvius (Enea Silvio), de (1631-1701)
Principal wars: Dutch War (1672-1678); War of the Holy League (1683-1699); War of the League of Augsburg (1688-1697).
Charles V (Charles Leopold), Duke of Lorraine and Bar (1643-1690)
Principal wars: Franco-Spanish war (1635-1659); Dutch War (1672-1678); War of the League of Augsburg (1688-1697); War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714).
Chateaurenault (Chateaurenaut, Chateauregnaud), Francois Louis de Rousselet, Marquis of (1637-1716)

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