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2 giorni fa · In October 1690 the French Admiral Abraham Duquesne-Guitton sailed into Madras to bombard the Anglo-Dutch fleet; this attack proved foolhardy but extended the war into the Far East. In 1693 the Dutch launched an expedition against their French commercial rivals at Pondichéry on the south-eastern coast of India ; the small garrison under ...
- 27 September 1688 – 20 September 1697, (8 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
2 giorni fa · t. e. 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.
- 1688–1689
6 mag 2024 · Samuel Sewall. On the Web: American History Central - Salem Witch Trials — the Witchcraft Hysteria of 1692 (May 06, 2024) (Show more) Top Questions. What caused the Salem witch trials? How many people were killed during the Salem witch trials? How did the Salem witch trials end? What is the legacy of the Salem witch trials?
- In the late 1600s the Salem Village community in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (now Danvers, Massachusetts) was fairly small and undergoing a period...
- By the end of the Salem witch trials, 19 people had been hanged and 5 others had died in custody. Additionally, a man was pressed beneath heavy sto...
- After weeks of informal hearings, Sir William Phips, governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, interceded to add some formality to the proceedings....
- The haphazard fashion in which the Salem witch trials were conducted contributed to changes in U.S. court procedures, including rights to legal rep...
7 mag 2024 · With the backing of Louis XIV, James II lands in Ireland with the intention of striking the Protestant stronghold of Londonderry. William III lands in Ireland in 1690 and defeats James II at the Battle of the Boyne. The Dzgungar Empire, the last nomadic empire in Asia, attempts to invade Khalkha in Outer Mongolia, but is defeated by ...
17 ore fa · During the Nine Years' War in 1690, Savoy joined the Grand Alliance before agreeing a separate peace with France in 1696. The accession of Philip V in 1701 led to a reversal of long-standing strategic policy, with France now supporting the Spanish position in Lombardy, rather than seeking to weaken it, and Austria doing the opposite.
- 9 July 1701 – 6 February 1715, (13 years, 6 months and 4 weeks)
9 mag 2024 · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 9, 2024 • Article History. Europe after the Thirty Years' War, 1648. Date: 1618 - 1648. Participants: Austria. Denmark. Dutch Republic. France. Holy Roman Empire. Poland. Protestant Union. Russia. Spain. Sweden. (Show more) Major Events: Battle of Breitenfeld. Battle of Nördlingen.
2 mag 2024 · During King William’s War (the North American extension of the War of the Grand Alliance; 1689–97), a New England fleet and army under Sir William Phips seized Acadia, but the French defied Phips’s attempt to take Quebec in 1690.
