What the records say
- When
- 1 Jul 1690
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.48° N, 4.55° E
- Description
- battle in the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance (1690)
Battle of Fleurus (1690)
Battle in the Nine Years' War between France and the Grand Alliance
The Battle of Fleurus, fought on 1 July 1690 near Fleurus, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, now in modern Belgium, was a major engagement of the Nine Years' War. A French army led by Marshall Luxembourg defeated an Allied force under Waldeck.
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- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Pfälzischen Erbfolgekrieg besiegt ein französisches Heer unter François-Henri de Montmorency-Luxembourg die verbündeten Holländer und Deutschen in der…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Luxembourg sur Guillaume III d'Orange à la bataille de Fleurus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Флёрюсе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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