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Battle of Beachy Head

Name: Battle of Beachy Head – France factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

France · Warfare / Grand Alliance. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1690Date range

2Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1690

Louis XIV Sun King30 June 1690

Beachy Head · Warfare / Grand Alliance

William III is fighting James II, Louis XIV wants a Jacobite rebellion and invades

Anne-Hilarion Tourville de Cotentin10 July 1690

Beachy Head · Warfare / Grand Alliance

Defeats the Anglo-Dutch fleet & sinks 5 of its ships

Names involved

Anne-Hilarion Tourville de CotentinLouis XIV Sun King

Provenance

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