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The Lachine settlement was located southwest of Montreal proper. Date: 5 August 1689: Location: Lachine ... England and France declared war against each other in 1689.
The war began in March 1689 when James II and VII landed in Ireland seeking to reverse the November 1688 Glorious Revolution, which had replaced him with his nephew William III and daughter Mary II. The conflict was part of the 1688 to 1697 Nine Years' War between Louis XIV of France and the Grand Alliance , a coalition led by William as ...
The Nine Years' War [c] was a European great power conflict from 1688 to 1697 between France and the Grand Alliance. [d] Although largely concentrated in Europe, fighting spread to colonial possessions in the Americas, India, and West Africa.
The siege of Pemaquid (August 2–3, 1689) was a successful attack by a large band of Abenaki Indians on the English fort at Pemaquid, Fort Charles, then the easternmost outpost of colonial Massachusetts (present-day Bristol, Maine).
Date: 1688–1689: Location: British Isles ... A separate but similar Scottish settlement was made in ... the new Parliament allowed William to declare war on France ...
King William's War (also known as the Second Indian War, [a] Father Baudoin's War, [3] Castin's War, [4] or the First Intercolonial War in French [5]) was the North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697), also known as the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg.
Date: 27 July 1689 () Location ... In March 1689, he began the Williamite War in Ireland, ... a Convention met in Edinburgh to agree a settlement for Scotland.
2 March – Nine Years' War: As French forces leave, they set fire to Heidelberg Castle and the nearby town of Heidelberg.; 12 May – Nine Years' War: With England and the Netherlands both now ruled by William III, they join the Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg), thus escalating the conflict, which continues until 1697.