Timeline for the War of the Spanish Succession
Unless otherwise stated, all dates are given in the New Style, which was eleven days later than the Old Style (OS).
1700 |
1 November | Death of King Carlos II of Spain in Madrid. |
16 November | King Louis XIV proclaims his grandson, the Duc dAnjou, as King Philip V of Spain. |
1701 |
February | French troops occupy Barrier Towns in the Southern Netherlands |
18 February | King Philip V enters Madrid. |
8 August | Marlborough appointed Captain-General. |
7 September | The Grand Alliance formed between England, Holland and Austria. |
17 September | Louis XIV acknowledges the Old Pretender as King of England. |
1702 |
19 March | Death of King William III, accession of Queen Anne of England. |
15 May | The Grand Alliance declares war on France and Spain. |
1 July | Marlborough takes command of the Anglo-Dutch army. |
23 August | Missed chance to attack the French at the Heaths of Peer. |
September | The Elector of Bavaria and the bishopric of Lige ally themselves with France. |
25 September | The Allies capture Venlo. |
7 October | The Allies take Ruremonde. |
26 October | The Allies capture Lige. |
1703 |
15 May | Marlborough captures Bonn. |
30 June | The Battle of Eckeren, near to Antwerp. |
26 August | The Allies take Huy on the Meuse. |
13 September | Archduke Charles declared King Charles III of Spain. |
27 September | The Allies capture Limburg. |
November | The Duchy of Savoy joins the Grand Alliance. |
December | Portugal joins the Grand Alliance. |
1704 |
May | Failed Allied advance from Portugal into Spain. |
19 May | Marlborough begins the march up the Rhine. |
30 May | The Allies fail to capture Barcelona. |
2 July | Marlborough beats dArco at the Schellenberg. |
6 August | Anglo-Dutch forces capture Gibraltar. |
11 August | The Margrave of Baden begins siege of Ingolstadt. |
13 August | The Battle of Blenheim. |
29 October | Marlborough captures Treves (Trier). |
28 November | The Allies capture Landau. |
20 December | The Allies capture Trarbach. |
1705 |
5 May | Death of Emperor Leopold I, succeeded by his son, Joseph. |
10 June | The French capture Huy. |
11 July | Marlborough retakes Huy. |
18 July | The Battle of Elixheim and the passage of the Lines of Brabant. |
18 August | The Unfought battle of Waterloo on the river Yssche. |
6 September | The Allies capture Leau. |
14 October | Barcelona taken by the Allies. |
December | The Allies occupy almost all of Valencia. |
1706 |
19 May | Marshal Villeroi advances to challenge Marlborough. |
22 May | Barcelona relieved by Royal Navy during French siege. |
23 May | The Battle of Ramillies. |
28 May | The French abandon Brussels. |
17 June | The Allies occupy Antwerp. |
23 June | The Allies take Cartagena. |
27 June | The Allies enter Madrid. |
9 July | The capture of Ostend by the Allies. |
4 August | Madrid evacuated by the Allies. |
22 August | Marlborough captures Menin. |
7 September | Prince Eugene wins victory at the relief of Turin. |
9 September | Dendermonde submits to the Allies. |
13 September | Majorca and Ibiza occupied by the Allies. |
1 October | The Allies capture Ath. |
11 November | Marshal Berwick retakes Cartagena. |
1707 |
13 February | France and Austria agree to cease operations in northern Italy. |
25 April | The Allies defeated at Almanza. |
22 May | Marshal Villars storms the Allied Lines of Stolhoffen. |
22 August | Failure of Prince Eugenes operations against Toulon. |
14 November | Berwick captures Lerida from the Allies. |
1708 |
30 April | An Imperial army arrives in Catalonia. |
5 July | The French capture Bruges. |
7 July | The French capture Ghent. |
11 July | The Duc de Vendme defeated at Oudenarde. |
August | Sardinia occupied by the Allies. |
The siege of Lille begins. |
29 August | Minorca captured by the Allies. |
19 September | The Battle of Wynendael. |
10 December | Surrender of the Lille citadel by Marshal Boufers. |
1709 |
2 January | The Allies retake Ghent, and the French abandon Bruges. |
7 May | Defeat of the Allies at Val Gudina in Portugal. |
June | Louis XIV rejects the Allies treaty terms. |
3 September | Marlborough captures Tournai. |
11 September | The Battle of Malplaquet. |
20 October | Mons captured by the Allies. |
29 October | First Anglo-Dutch Barrier Treaty agreed. |
1710 |
25 June | The Allies capture Douai. |
27 July | Allied victory at the Battle of Almenara. |
20 August | Allied victory at Saragossa. |
28 August | The capture of Bethune by the Allies. |
August | King Charles III enters Madrid. |
29 September | The Allies take St Venant. |
8 November | Aire captured by the Allies. |
9 December | Stanhope defeated at the Battle of Brihuega. |
10 December | Bloody French victory at Villaviciosa. |
1711 |
25 January | Berwick takes Gerona. |
17 April | The death of Emperor Joseph; accession of his brother, Charles. |
7 August | The passage of the Lines of Non Plus Ultra. |
14 September | The capture of Bouchain by Marlborough. |
22 September | Emperor Charles leaves Spain. |
31 December (OS) | Marlborough dismissed from all his ofces. |
1712 |
4 July | The Allies capture Le Quesnoy. |
16 July | British troops withdraw from active operations. |
19 July | Dunkirk handed to the British by France. |
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