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In Dutch history, the year 1672 is referred to as the Rampjaar (pronounced [ˈrɑmpjaːr] ⓘ; Disaster Year). In May 1672, following the outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War and its peripheral conflict the Third Anglo-Dutch War , France , supported by Münster and Cologne , invaded and nearly overran the Dutch Republic .
Ruiter voor de Republiek: Ignatius van Kingma, Een Friese Kolonel in het Rampjaar 1672 [Horseman for the Republic: Ignatius of Kingma, A Frisian Colonel in the Disaster Year 1672] (in Dutch). Noordboek. Panhuysen, Luc (2009). Rampjaar 1672: Hoe de Republiek aan de ondergang ontsnapte. Uitgeverij Atlas. ISBN 9789045013282
1672 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1672nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 672nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 17th century, and the 3rd year of the 1670s decade. As of the start of 1672, the ...
The speed with which the Republic was over-run in 1672 means it is still referred to as the Rampjaar or 'Year of disaster'. On 7 May, a French army of around 80,000 entered Liège; accompanied by Louis, they bypassed the Dutch stronghold of Maastricht , crossed the Meuse and besieged the Dutch-held Rhine fortress towns of Rheinberg , Orsoy ...
The 1672 to 1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War and 1675 to 1679 Scanian War are considered related conflicts. Fighting began in May 1672 when France nearly overran the Netherlands , an event remembered in Dutch history as the Rampjaar , or "Disaster Year".
-In the rampjaar ("disaster year") 1672 Bernhard von Galen reconquered the city and occupied city and herrschaft for almost two years.-In 1697 William III of England received the city and herrschaft from the States of Gelderland. From that day until 1795 the city and herrschaft was a personal belonging to the House of Orange-Nassau.
The year 1672 is known in the Netherlands as the "Disaster Year" . England declared war on the Republic, (the Third Anglo-Dutch War ), followed by France, Münster and Cologne, which had all signed alliances against the Republic.
Rampjaar, the Dutch "disaster year" of 1672 The Islamic year 311 AH (923/924 CE) was known as the "year of destruction" ( sanat al-damār ) due to the Qarmatians ' sack of Basra and the attack on the Hajj caravan .