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Jan 16, 1556
Philip II King of Spain.
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent (Spanish: Felipe el Prudente), was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. -
Charles II death.
Charles II (born May 29, 1630, London—died February 6, 1685, London) was the king of Great Britain and Ireland (1660–85), who was restored to the throne after years of exile during the Puritan Commonwealth. The years of his reign are known in English history as the Restoration period. -
Philip of Anjou Crowned.
The Duke of Anjou, Louis XIV's second-eldest grandson, became Philip V of Spain in 1700. To the great displeasure of Austria, the Bourbon dynasty now sat on the Habsburgs' former throne. A new war with France was brewing. -
Battle of Almansa.
It was fought between an army loyal to Philip V of Spain, Bourbon claimant to the Spanish throne, and one supporting his Habsburg rival, Archduke Charles of Austria. The result was a decisive Bourbon victory that reclaimed most of eastern Spain for Philip. -
Treaty of Utrecht.
The Treaty of Utrecht is a set of international agreements signed between 1713 and 1715 in the cities of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Rastatt (Germany) that ended the War of the Spanish Succession. -
Archduke Charles Emperor.
He was the youngest son of Emperor Leopold I and his third wife Eleanor Magdalene of Palatinate-Neuburg. Holy Roman Emperor from 1711 to 1740, he was also proclaimed King of Spain with the title of Charles III at the imperial court in Vienna on 12 September 1703.