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Franco-Dutch War
The
Franco-Dutch War
(1672–1678), often called simply the
Dutch War
(; ), was a war fought by
France
,
Sweden
,
Münster
,
Cologne
and
England
against the
Dutch Republic
, which was later joined by the
Austrian Habsburg lands
,
Brandenburg-Prussia
and
Spain
to form a Quadruple Alliance. The war ended with the
Treaty of Nijmegen
, by which Spain ceded the
Franche-Comté
and some cities in
Flanders
and
Hainaut
to France. The year 1672 in Dutch is often referred to as
het
Rampjaar
, meaning "the year of disaster".
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