Series of military conflicts between Great Britain and France that occurred from 1689 to 1815. It began in 1688 and lasted until 1815 (about 127 years). The setting was Europe. Those involved included the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, France, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Before and after
- 24 May 1686Birth of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
- 1687Publication of Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
- 5 July 1687Newton's laws of motion
- from 1688 to 1807Jacobitism
- from 1688 to 1815Second Hundred Years' War
- 1688Founding of Newton
- from 1688 to 1759Dzungar–Qing Wars
- from April 1688 to September 1697King William's War
- 21 May 1688Birth of Alexander Pope
More in Wars, politics & history
- 1534Henry VIII becomes head of the Church of England
- from 17 January 1558 to 26 May 1583Livonian War
- from 2 April 1562 to 30 April 1598French Wars of Religion
- from 28 December 1688 to 1 January 1689Glorious Revolution
- 1713Peace of Utrecht
- from 16 December 1740 to 18 October 1748War of the Austrian Succession
The era
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