1640-1688 war between Portugal and Spain. It began on 1 December 1640 and lasted until 13 February 1668 (about 27 years). The setting was Iberian Peninsula. It was part of the Thirty Years' War and Crisis of 1640. Those involved included the Kingdom of Portugal, Habsburg Spain, House of Braganza and the Dutch Republic.
Before and after
- 1640Founding of Woburn
- 26 March 1640Founding of University of Helsinki
- 30 May 1640Death of Peter Paul Rubens
- from 7 June 1640 to 13 October 1659Reapers' War
- from 1 December 1640 to 13 February 1668Portuguese Restoration War
- 1642The Night Watch
- from 1642 to 1646First English Civil War
- from 1642 to 1651English Civil War
- 1642Invention of Pascal's calculator
More in Wars, politics & history
- from 23 May 1568 to 30 January 1648Eighty Years' War
- from 25 April 1588 to 1 August 1588Spanish Armada
- 13 April 1598Edict of Nantes
- 24 October 1648Peace of Westphalia
- from 22 February 1700 to 10 September 1721Great Northern War
- from March 1701 to September 1714War of the Spanish Succession
The era
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