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Ramillies Victory Opens Flanders

England · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1706Date range
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Chronological records

1706

John Churchill Marlborough, 1st23 May 1706

Flanders · Warfare / War of the Spanish Succession

Marlborough's victory at Ramillies causes much of the Spanish Netherlands to fall under Allied control.

Names involved

John Churchill Marlborough, 1st

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