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The Portuguese Restoration War
The Portuguese Restoration War was the war between Portugal and Spain. It began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668. Which brought anl end to the Iberian Union. -
Charles II was born
Charles II of Spain was born on the 6th of November 1661. He was known as The Bewitched and was the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire. -
Charles II inherits the throne
Charles II became king in 1665 at the age of four. His mother ruled as a regent for 10 years until Charles was a teenager. -
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The war of devolution
The War of Devolution happened between 1667 and 1668. France occupied large parts of the Spanish Netherlands, and Franche-Comté, both then provinces of Spain. France withdrew from Franche-Comté and the Spanish Netherlands, with the exception of eleven towns and their surrounding areas. -
The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was when William of Orange took the English throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of power within the English constitution. -
The triple alliance
The Triple Alliance of England, Sweden, and the United Provinces was formed to halt the expansion of Louis XIV 's France in the War of Devolution. The alliance never went to war against France, but it was enough of a threat to force Louis to sign the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle with Spain. -
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
The Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle or Aachen ended the War of Devolution between France and Spain. It was signed on 2 May 1668 in Aachen, but Spain acceded on 7 May 1669. -
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The Dutch War
The 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War, also known as the Dutch War, was fought between France and the Dutch Republic. However, it supported by the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Brandenburg-Prussia and Denmark-Norway. -
He acceeds to the throne
He acceded to the throne at the age of 14. -
The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen
The Treaties of Peace of Nijmegen were a series of treaties signed between August 1678 and October 1679. The treaties ended various interconnected wars among France, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Brandenburg, Sweden, Denmark-Norway, the Prince-Bishopric of Münster, and the Holy Roman Empire. -
He married his first wife
Marie Louise d'Orléans was Queen of Spain from 1679 to 1689 as the first wife of King Charles II. She was the granddaughter of Louis XIII of France. -
The Treaty of Ryswick
The Peace of Ryswick, or Rijswijk, was a series of treaties signed in the Dutch city of Rijswijk between 20 September and 30 October 1697. They ended the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance, which included England, Spain, Austria, and the Dutch Republic. -
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The War of Reunions
The War of the Reunions was a conflict involving France, Spain, the Holy Roman Empire and their allies. -
Truce of Regensburg
The Truce of Regensburg, ended the War of the Reunions between Spain and the Holy Roman Empire and France. The Truce was signed on 15 August 1684. -
Newton discovered gravitiy
Newton discovered gravity one day in 1687 when an apple fell on his head while sitting under a tree and thinking. -
The Lisbon Treaty
The Treaty of Lisbon of 1668 was a peace treaty between Portugal and Spain that was concluded at Lisbon on 13 February 1668. -
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The Nine Years' War
The Nine Years' War, often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg was a conflict between France and a European coalition which included the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, Savoy and Portugal. The war was fought in Europe. -
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King William's War
King William's War was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War, it is also known as the War of the Grand Alliance. It was the first of six colonial wars fought between New France and New England. -
The Gran Alliance
The members of the Gran Alliance were: Austria, Bavaria, Brandenburg, the Holy Roman Empire, England, the Palatinate, Saxony, Sweden, and the United Provinces. It was signed by the two leading opponents of France: William III, King of England and Emperor Leopold. -
Charles II passed away
He died at the age of 39. It is said that he died of an acute insult to his brain, which caused the epileptic seizures he expirienced during his last few days of life. -
The War of Succesion
The War of the Spanish Succession was an early-18th-century European war, caused by the death in November 1700 of Charles II of Spain, who had no children to claim the throne.
