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The Anglo-French Wars (1109–1815) were a series of conflicts between the territories of the Kingdom of England (and its successor state, the United Kingdom) and the Kingdom of France (succeeded by a republic).
Vergennes, foreign minister of France, worried that a war over the Bavarian succession would upset his plans against Britain. Ever since the Seven Years' War, France's Foreign Ministers, beginning with Choiseul, had followed the general idea that the independence of Britain's North American colonies would be good for France and bad for Britain, and furthermore that French attempts to recover ...
However, in 1672, the English again formed an alliance with the French (in accordance with the Secret Treaty of Dover of 1670) against their common commercial rival, the rich Dutch Republic – the two nations fighting side by side during the Franco-Dutch War (1672–1678) and Third Anglo-Dutch War (1672–1674). This war was extremely ...
England bankruptcy practically ends English support to Dutch Republic in Eighty Years' War; 1627 1629 Anglo-French War (1627–1629) England France: Status quo ante bellum. Treaty of Suza; Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632) 1640 1668 Portuguese Restoration War: Kingdom of Portugal France England: Crown of Spain: Victory. Treaty of Lisbon
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving ...
First Anglo-Maratha War (1774–1783) East India Company Maratha Empire: Maratha victory. Treaty of Salbai. [2] [3] Maratha support for Britain against Mysore; American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) Anglo-French War (1778–1783) Anglo-Spanish War (1779–1783) Great Britain. Iroquois Cherokee Hanover Loyalists United States France. Spain ...
Anglo-Cherokee War Part of the French and Indian War Great Britain: Cherokee: 1759 1760 Burmese–Siamese War (1759–1760) Burmese Empire: Siam: 1760 1760 Tacky's War Great Britain: Slaves 1761 1761 Canek Revolt Spain: Mayans 1762 1763 Fantastic War Part of the Seven Years' War Portugal Great Britain Spain France: 1763 1764 Berbice slave uprising
David Donachie's John Pearce series about a pressed seaman who becomes a British naval officer during the French Revolution wars and Napoleonic Wars. Julian Stockwin's Thomas Kydd series portrays one man's journey from pressed man to Admiral in the time of the French and Napoleonic Wars; Simon Scarrow – Napoleonic series. Rise of Napoleon and ...