Franco-Dutch War 1672–1678

Early modern France, Kingdom of England, Sweden, Bishopric of Münster, Electorate of Cologne ⚔ Dutch Republic, Holy Roman Empire, Spanish Empire, Habsburg Spain, Electorate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of England

Key battles

• Siege of Groningen (1672)
• Siege of Maastricht (1673)
• Battle of Seneffe (1674)
• Battle of Sinsheim (1674)
• Battle of Fehrbellin (1675)
• Battle of Turckheim (1675)
• Battle of Lund (1676)
• Battle of Cassel (1677)
• Battle of Saint-Denis (1678)

Who lived through the Franco-Dutch War

Well-known people alive during 1672–1678:

• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
• Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
• Peter the Great (1672–1725) — Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
• Benedictus de Spinoza (1632–1677) — Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
• Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) — Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) — English philosopher (1588–1679)
• Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) — French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
• Daniel Defoe (1660–1731) — English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695) — Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)
• Jean Racine (1639–1699) — French dramatist (1639-1699)
• Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) — Dutch painter (1632–1675)
• Robert Boyle (1627–1691) — Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) — Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists (1632–1723)
• Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) — French tragedian (1606–1684)
• Charles Perrault (1628–1703) — French author (1628-1703)
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) — Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
• Robert Hooke (1635–1703) — English natural philosopher, architect and polymath (1635 — 1703)
• Edmond Halley (1656–1742) — English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist (1656–1742)
• François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) — French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)
• Charles II of England (1630–1685) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1660 to 1685 (1630-1685)
• John Dryden (1631–1700) — 17th-century English poet and playwright (1631–1700)
• Aurangzeb (1618–1707) — the sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707

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