Louis XIV Sun King27 September 1688
French forces open the Rhineland campaign by investing Philippsburg, beginning the war that expands into the Nine Years War.
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French forces open the Rhineland campaign by investing Philippsburg, beginning the war that expands into the Nine Years War.
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