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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 .
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 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".
The Third Anglo-Dutch War [a], began on 27 March 1672, and concluded on 19 February 1674. A naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England , in alliance with France , it is considered a related conflict of the wider 1672 to 1678 Franco-Dutch War .
17 March – Third Anglo-Dutch War: England declares war on the Dutch Republic. [6] 28 May (7 June New Style) – the first naval battle of the Third Anglo-Dutch War is fought at the Battle of Solebay off Southwold; indecisive. [1] August – copper farthing and halfpenny coins, machine pressed at the Royal Mint, are introduced by royal decree.
Second Anglo-Dutch War; 1672–1674 ... There were also new points of conflict: with the decline of Spanish power at the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, ...
The second siege would also be the moment the position of the war in the Northern and Eastern provinces shifted in favour of the Dutch Republic. [9] The war between the Bishopric of Münster and the Dutch Republic eventually came to an end in 1674 after signing the Treaty of Cologne .
The siege of Lwów took place on September 20-October 6, 1672 during the Polish-Ottoman War of 1672-1676. The siege ended in a strategic Polish victory as the Ottomans could not capture the city after a two-week siege.