Rhineland Theatre (Nine Years' War)
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Was the Rhineland Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
Chronology
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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.
November 1688: Louis XIV's army proceeded to take Mannheim, which capitulated.
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.
October 1688: The French besiege Philippsburg.
December 1688: The French army occupies Frankenthal.
May 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.
June 1689: The French left the Rhineland region.
