The year 1672 is to prove a…

April 1672 CE

The year 1672 is to prove a calamitous one for the Dutch Republic, becoming known as the "disaster year" (Dutch: rampjaar) because of the Franco-Dutch War and the Third Anglo-Dutch War, in which the Netherlands are invaded by France under Louis XIV, England, Münster, and Cologne.

A French army of one hundred and thirty thousand (one hundred and eighteen thousand foot and twelve thousand five hundred horse), exceptionally accompanied by Louis himself, in two months marches through Liège, ...

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Liège (Luik) Liège Belgium View →

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Bernhard von Galen View → Charles II View → Johan de Witt View → Louis XIV of France View → William III, Prince of Orange View →

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Münster, Prince-Bishopric of View → Cologne, Electorate of View → Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic) View → France, (Bourbon) Kingdom of View → England, (Stewart, Restored) Kingdom of View →

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Anglo-Dutch War, Third View → Franco-Dutch War View →

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