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The War of the Spanish Succession
War Name : The War of the Spanish Succession
Date(s) : 1701 - 1714
Summary
On the death of Charles II of Spain in 1700 Louis XIV of France had his grandson [great -grandson of Philip IV of Spain] proclaimed Philip V. The extension of the power of France was strongly opposed by other European powers chief among them being William of Orange and the Hapsburg Emperor Leopold I
The 'other powers' formed a Grand Alliance against Louis.
The first military move was the French occupation of the Spanish Netherlands.
The war ended without a descisive victor but with a compromise spelt out in the treaties of Utrecht [April 1713] Baden [March 1714] and Rastatt [Septembner 1714.
Also includes the following
- Walcourt 25 August 1689
- Venlo 12 September 1702 - 25 September 1702
- Stevenswaert 25 September 1702 - 02 October 1702
- Ruremonde 26 September 1702 - 06 October 1702
- Liége 13 October 1702 - 29 October 1702
- Bonn 04 May 1703 - 15 May 1703
- Tongres 09 May 1703 - 16 May 1703
- Eckeren 30 June 1703
- Huy [1] 15 August 1703 - 26 August 1703
- Limburg 14 September 1703 - 27 September 1703
- Höchstädt 20 September 1703
- Donauwörth [The Schellenberg] 02 July 1704
- Gibraltar 21 July 1704 - 24 July 1704
- Blenheim 13 August 1704
- Huy [2] 10 June 1705
- Huy [3] 06 July 1705 - 11 July 1705
- Elixhem [Lines of Brabant] 17 July 1705 - 18 July 1705
- Ramillies 23 May 1706
- Ostend 19 June 1706 - 09 July 1706
- Menin 22 July 1706 - 22 August 1706
- Dendermonde 27 August 1706 - 09 September 1706
- Turin 07 September 1706
- Turin 07 September 1706
- Ath 16 September 1706 - 22 September 1706
- Almanza 25 April 1707
- Lines of Stollhofen 22 May 1707 - 23 May 1707
- Oudenarde 11 July 1708
- Siege of Lille 12 August 1708 - 10 December 1708
- Wynendael 28 September 1708
- Ghent 13 December 1708 - 30 December 1708
- Tournai 27 June 1709 - 03 September 1709
- Mons [1709] 06 September 1709 - 20 October 1709
- Malplaquet 11 September 1709
- Douai 22 April 1710 - 27 June 1710
- Béthune 17 July 1710 - 29 August 1710
- Almenara 27 July 1710
- Aragossa 20 August 1710
- St. Venant 05 September 1710 - 29 September 1710
- Aire 06 September 1710 - 08 November 1710
- Villaviciosa 09 December 1710
- Bouchain 09 August 1711 - 12 September 1711
- Le Quesnoy 08 June 1712 - 04 July 1712
- Denain 24 July 1712
