Nine Years' War
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Was a conflict between France and the Grand Alliance, a coalition including the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, and Savoy. It is considered the first war that saw fighting globally because battles occured in Europe, America, Africa and India.
Chronology
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Was the Rhineland Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
June 1689: The French left the Rhineland region.
November 1688: Louis XIV's army proceeded to take Mannheim, which capitulated.
May 1689: The French left the Rhineland region.
October 1688: The French besiege Philippsburg.
December 1688: The French army occupies Frankenthal.
September 1689: In 1689, during the Nine Years' War, Charles V, Duke of Lorraine, cleared away the French threat on Frankfurt and besieged Mainz, which was under the control of the Mainz Archbishopric. The Marquis of Huxelles surrendered the town on September 8 after a two-month siege.
January 1689: Several towns fell to the French without resistance, including Oppenheim, Worms, Bingen, Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg, Speyer and, above all, the key fortress of Mainz.
March 1689: The French left the Rhineland region.
May 1693: Heidelberg fell on 22 May 1693 during the Nine Years' War, also known as the War of the Grand Alliance. The city was occupied by French forces led by Marshal Claude Louis Hector de Villars. The occupation lasted until the end of the war in 1697.
Were battles that took place in Asia and in the Caribbean during the Nine Years' War.
September 1693: 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 François Martin was overwhelmed and surrendered on 6 September.
August 1689: The French sieged English Governor Thomas Hill's troops at Fort Charles, forcing their to surrender.
Was a war between supporters of James II and his successor, William III. It resulted in a Williamite victory.
July 1690: Battle of the Boyne.
November 1690: The Kingdom of Great Britain captured the southern ports of Cork and Kinsale in October 1690 thereby confining French and Jacobite troops to the west of the country.
August 1689: Siege of Carrickfergus.
June 1691: Athlone conquered by netherlands.
July 1691: D'Usson succeeded as overall commander: he surrendered Galway.
Was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War.
August 1696: The Siege of Pemaquid occurred during King William's War when French and Native forces from New France attacked the English settlement at Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine).
October 1690: The Battle of Québec in 1690 was a significant conflict during King William's War between New France, led by Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac, and Massachusetts Bay, under the command of Sir William Phips. The outcome of the battle resulted in a victory for New France, solidifying their control over the territory of Quebec City.
May 1690: The British captured Port Royal (in Nova Scotia), then the capital of Acadia.
October 1690: The Battle of Québec in 1690 was led by French Governor Louis de Buade de Frontenac and English General Sir William Phips. It resulted in a victory for the French, defending the city against the English invasion during King William's War.
August 1696: The siege of the English settlement of Pemaquid (present-day Bristol, Maine) by French and Native forces from New France ended on August 14-15, 1696.
July 1690: Joseph Robineau de Villebon, one of Meneval's assistants, returned to Port Royal from France in June, and reestablished French authority.
Was the Pyrenean Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
May 1690: The French forces, led by Marshal Noailles, successfully took control of the town of Camprodon in Catalonia, Spain.
June 1694: The French proceeded to take Palamós on 10 June.
August 1697: In 1697, during the War of the Grand Alliance, French forces led by Vendôme, with troops from Italy, captured Barcelona in Catalonia. The garrison, commanded by Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, surrendered on 10 August.
June 1693: The French led by Noailles secured the valuable seaport of Rosas in Catalonia.
June 1694: Gerona conquered by france.
June 1694: Hostalric conquered by france.
September 1690: In 1690, a large Spanish army led by the Duke of Villahermosa forced the French to retreat back to Roussillon in August.
Was the Italian Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
July 1691: Carmagnola fell to French forces in June 1691.
January 1692: In 1691, during the Nine Years' War, the Allies led by Victor Amadeus II of Savoy and Prince Eugene of Savoy recaptured Carmagnola from the French forces. This victory was a significant turning point in the war in northern Italy.
July 1695: Casale (Casal Monferrato) surrendered to Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, in 1695.
September 1690: While to the south in Piedmont, Nicolas Catinat led 12,000 men and soundly defeated Victor Amadeus at the Battle of Staffarda on 18 August. Catinat immediately took Saluzzo, followed by Savigliano, Fossano, and Susa.
April 1691: Villefranche and Niche conquered by france.
January 1691: In 1690 Saint-Ruth took most of the Victor Amadeus II's exposed Duchy of Savoy, routing the Savoyard army in the process until only the great fortress of Montmélian remained in ducal hands.
January 1691: Lacking sufficient troops, and with sickness rife within his army, Catinat was obliged to withdraw back across the Alps for the winter.
January 1691: Carmagnola is conquered by France.
August 1692: Duke of Savoy with 29,000 men (substantially exceeding Catinat's number who had sent some troops to the Netherlands) invaded Dauphiné via the mountain trails shown to them by the Vaudois. The Allies invested Embrun, which capitulated on 15 August.
October 1692: With their commander falling ill with smallpox, and concluding that holding Embrun was untenable, the Allies abandoned Dauphiné in mid-September.
6.1.Treaty of Turin
Was a treaty that ended the involvement of the Duchy of Savoy in the Nine Years' War.
August 1696: With the Treaty of Turin signed on 29 August 1696, Louis XIV returned Montmélian, Nice, Villefranche, Susa, and other small towns to Savoy. The French, concluding that the defence of Pinerolo was not possible, also agreed to hand back the stronghold on condition that its fortifications were demolished.
Was the Low Countries Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
June 1697: French forces besieged the city of Ath in present-day Belgium. The siege ended with the city falling under French military occupation.
June 1692: In 1692, during the Nine Years' War, the French military under the command of Vauban invested the stronghold of Namur on 29 May. The town fell quickly, but the citadel, defended by the Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn, held out until 30 June.
July 1693: The French took Huy.
May 1691: Luxembourg, a French military commander, captured the city of Halle in present-day Belgium at the end of May.
April 1691: The French army captured Mons in the Spanish Netherlands.
October 1693: In 1693, during the Nine Years' War, the French military leaders Luxembourg and Vauban captured Charleroi on 10 October. This victory, along with earlier conquests of Mons, Namur, and Huy, strengthened France's defensive position in the region.
September 1694: In 1694, during the Nine Years' War, the French Marshal Luxembourg was unable to prevent the Allies from garrisoning Dixmude and recapturing Huy in the Liege Prince-Bishopric.
September 1695: Loss of Namur.
Was the South American Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
May 1697: During the War of the Grand Alliance, French privateer Baron de Pointis, along with French Admiral Jean du Casse, led an attack on the Spanish city of Cartagena de Indias in 1697. They plundered the city, looting valuables worth ten to twenty million livres.
May 1697: Raid on Cartagena was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de Indias, as part of the War of the Grand Alliance.
Were a series of treaties that ended the Nine Years' War.
September 1697: Peace of Ryswick (1697): France kept Strasbourg but returned Freiburg, Breisach, Philippsburg and the Duchy of Lorraine to the Holy Roman Empire.
September 1697: Peace of Ryswick: Status quo ante bellum, Savoiard forces leave the regions occupied in the Duchy of Mantova.
September 1697: The Dutch handed back Pondichéry in India to the french.
October 1697: In 1697 France and Spain settled their hostilities on the island by way of the Treaty of Ryswick, which divided Hispaniola between them. France received the western third and subsequently named it Saint-Domingue, the French equivalent of Santo Domingo, the Spanish colony on Hispaniola.
January 1698: In 1680, King Louis XIV of France, through his Chambers of Reunion, claimed Lützelstein as a French fief, which was confirmed by the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697.
September 1697: The French evacuated Catalonia.
Selected Sources
Treaty of Ryswick (English version), https://bonoc.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/tratado-ryswick.pdf
