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The Franco-Spanish War was fought from 1635 to 1659 between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points.The first phase, beginning in May 1635 and ending with the 1648 Peace of Westphalia, is considered a related conflict of the Thirty Years' War.
Castilian Civil War [1] 1351–1369 War of the Two Peters [1] 1356–1375 War of the Castilian Succession: 1475–1479 French–Breton War: 1487–1491 Italian War of 1494–98 [2] 1494–1498 Italian War of 1499–1504 [2] 1499–1504 War of the Holy League [2] 1508–1516 Italian War of 1521–26 [2] 1521–1526 War of the League of Cognac [2 ...
The French word fronde means "sling"; Parisian crowds used slings to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin. [6] Jean François Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz, attributes the usage to a witticism in Book II of his Memoirs: "Bachaumont once said, in jest, that the Parlement acted like the schoolboys in the Paris ditches, who fling stones [frondent, that is, fling using slings ...
The Dos de Mayo was among the few spontaneous popular uprisings of the war, launched without significant fore-planning, funding, or leadership by government elites. While elements within the Spanish military and state bureaucracy did envision military action to expel the French from the country, Murat's hold on Madrid was held to be unassailable in the short term.
The Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also called the War of the League of Augsburg, was a major conflict between France and a European-wide coalition of Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Spain, Britain, and Savoy. It was fought on the European continent and the surrounding seas, Ireland, North America and in India.
In the second treaty, on 22 July, Spain ceded the Captaincy General of Santo Domingo to France in exchange for keeping Gipuzkoa.The French also came at night to sign the peace treaty between France and Spain in which Spain was represented by Domingo d'Yriarte, who signed the treaty in the mansion of Ochs, the Holsteinerhof.
Start of Castillian-Leonese War, Castillian-Navarrese War and Castillian-Aragonese war. Henry II of England campaign on Toulouse [9] (1159) Part of Capetian–Plantagenet rivalry; Location: Southern France Kingdom of England House of Aragon [10] County of Barcelona; Lordship of Montpellier. Royal Domain of France County of Toulouse. Truce
Location: France, Italy and Spain France. Swiss mercenaries Republic of Venice Papal States (1524–1525) Marquisate of Saluzzo Holy Roman Empire Spain England Papal States (1521–1523 and 1525–1526) Habsburg victory, capture of François I: War of the League of Cognac (1526–30) Location: Italy Kingdom of France. Swiss mercenaries Papal States