1674
Colonel in French Service
Receives a French commission as colonel of an English regiment.
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Receives a French commission as colonel of an English regiment.
The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King
Dismissses the oppossition leader, Shaftsbury
The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King
The stadtholdership held by William III of Orange becomes hereditary in Holland and Zeeland, strengthening the dynastic position of the House of Orange.
William III of Orange gains hereditary recognition of the stadtholdership in Utrecht.
Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain. Charged by the Commons with "popery"
Parliament refuses to grant funds for the war with the Low Countries
Declares in Parliament for "a speedy honourable & I hope lasting peace with the Dutch"
The Peace of Westminster ends the Third Anglo-Dutch War, removing England from the coalition fighting the Dutch Republic and improving the strategic position of William III of Orange.
Impeached for embezzlement, cleared but resigns & becomes Lord Chamberlain
The Diet in Warsaw elects John III King
Parliament forces Charles to withdraw from the war, the Dutch will pay an indemnity
Ends the Anglo-Dutch War
Birth of Philippe II of Orleans, son of Philippe I
Serves with the English regiment at the Battle of Entzheim.
William III of Orange commands the allied Dutch, Spanish and Imperial army against Condé at the bloody Battle of Seneffe.
Serves with Turenne's army at the Battle of Sinsheim.
Shivaji is formally crowned Chhatrapati at Raigad, asserting sovereign kingship over the Maratha state.
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