
Franco-Spanish War
1635 CE – 1659 CE · 24 years
France entered the Thirty Years' War against Spain, and fighting continued for a decade after the Peace of Westphalia. The Treaty of the Pyrenees marked Spain's decline and France's emergence as Europe's dominant power.
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Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659) on Wikipedia.
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Belligerents
The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.
- Kingdom of France
- Spanish Empire
Key moments
Defining events in the Franco-Spanish War.
- 1643 Battle of Rocroi
- 1658 Battle of the Dunes
- 1648 Battle of Lens
Elsewhere in Europe at the time
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Eighty Years' War (Dutch Revolt)
1568 CE – 1648 CEDated moments inside this span
Events the timeline places between 1635 CE and 1659 CE.
And in the rest of the world
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Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)Habsbourg-1700.png : Katepanomegas derivative work: Alphathon · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Plitvice Lakes National ParkZysko serhii · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flag of LuxembourgDrawn by User:SKopp · Public domain
- Hanseatic LeagueDroysen/Andrée · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Giant's Causewaycode poet on flickr. · CC BY-SA 2.0
- ParmaCittà di Parma · CC BY-SA 2.0