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4 days ago · 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. Related conflicts include the Williamite war in Ireland, and King William's War in North America.
- 27 September 1688 – 20 September 1697, (8 years, 11 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
1 day ago · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 until his death in 1702.
- 1689 – 8 March 1702
- Mary, Princess Royal
Apr 22, 2024 · John Somers, Baron Somers (born March 4, 1651, Whiteladies, Claines, near Worcester, Worcestershire, England—died April 26, 1716, Brookmans, near Mimms North, Hertfordshire) was an English statesman, chief minister to King William III of England from 1696 to 1700, and a leader of the group of influential Whigs known as the Junto from 1696 to ...
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Apr 15, 2024 · Johann Conrad Weiser (born Nov. 2, 1696, near Herrenberg, Württemberg—died July 13, 1760, Womelsdorf, Pa.) was a North American colonial Indian agent, musician, evangelist, and public official. Weiser migrated to New York with his father in 1710, and the family moved to Schoharie, N.Y., four years later.
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3 days ago · Peter I ( Russian: Пётр I Алексеевич, romanized : Pyotr I Alekseyevich, [note 1] IPA: [ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ]; 9 June [ O.S. 30 May] 1672 – 8 February [ O.S. 28 January] 1725), commonly known as Peter the Great, [note 2] was Tsar of all Russia from 1682, and the first Emperor of all Russia from 1721 until his death ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Born: April 18, 1613. Died: Feb. 4, 1696 (aged 82) Philip Wharton, 4th Baron Wharton (born April 18, 1613—died Feb. 4, 1696) was a prominent English reforming peer from the English Civil Wars to the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89. Wharton succeeded his grandfather as Baron Wharton in March 1625 and then studied at Exeter College, Oxford.
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Apr 13, 2024 · April 17, 1696, Grignan (aged 70) Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (born Feb. 5, 1626, Paris, France—died April 17, 1696, Grignan) was a French writer whose correspondence is of both historical and literary significance. Of old Burgundian nobility, she was orphaned at the age of six and was brought up by her uncle Philippe II ...
