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1 giorno fa · Nine Years' War. The Nine Years' War, [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.
4 giorni fa · The Glorious Revolution [a] is the sequence of events that led to the deposition of James II and VII in November 1688. He was replaced by his daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange, who was also his nephew. The two ruled as joint monarchs of England, Scotland, and Ireland until Mary's death in 1694.
17 mag 2024 · Glorious Revolution. Toleration Act, (May 24, 1689), act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists). It was one of a series of measures that firmly established the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) in England.
3 giorni fa · William and Louis agreed to the First Partition Treaty (1698), which provided for the division of the Spanish Empire: Joseph Ferdinand, Electoral Prince of Bavaria, would obtain Spain, while France and the Holy Roman Emperor would divide the remaining territories between them.
20 mag 2024 · War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), conflict that arose out of the disputed succession to the throne of Spain following the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. The treaties that ended the war marked the rise of the power of Britain and the British colonial empire.
18 mag 2024 · Louis de Buade, comte de Frontenac, French courtier and governor of New France (1672–82, 1689–98) who, despite a record of misgovernment, managed to encourage profitable explorations westward and to repel British and Iroquois attacks on New France. Frontenac had great influence at court.
19 mag 2024 · In this section. The principal acts of the general assembly, holden and begun at Edinburgh, January 11, 1698. I. Sess. 1, Edinburgh, January 11, 1698.—The Recording of his Majesty's Commission to the Lord Carmichael for Representing his Majesty in this Assembly. II. Eadem Sessione.—His Majesty's gracious Letter to the General Assembly.
