King William's War (1688-1697)

Date: 1688 to 1697
Location: North America

Historical event: 1688-1697

Epoch: Nine Years' War

See also: Category:King William's War

Belligerents:

• New England on behalf of King William van Oranje
• Nouvelle-France in support of the Catholic King James II
• Native nations taking up sides

"England's Catholic King James II was deposed at the end of 1688 in the Glorious Revolution, after which Protestants William III and Mary II took the throne. William joined the League of Augsburg in its war against France (begun earlier in 1688), where James had fled. [...] King William's War was North American theater of the Nine Years' War (1688–1697) fought between New France and New England along with their respective native allies."^[1]

Events

1688

• Catholic King James deposed (11 Dec 1688)

1689

• King William of Orange's coronation (13 Feb 1689)
• Raid on Dover (27-28 June 1689, Dover, New Hampshire)
• Siege of Pemaquid (2-3 Aug 1689)
• Lachine Massacre (4-6 August 1689)
• Church's First Expedition (20 Sep 1689, Falmouth)

1690

• Schenectady Massacre (8 Feb 1690)
• Raid on Salmon Falls (March 27, 1690)*
• Battle of Port Royale (9 May 1690)
• Battle of Falmouth (16–20 May 1690)
• Church's Second Expedition (Sep 1690)
• Raid on Percé (Summer 1690)
• Battle of Rivière Ouelle (October 1690)
• Siege of Quebec (16-24 Oct 1690)
• Truce at Wells (Oct 1690)

1691

• Attack on Wells (9 June 1691)
• The Battle of La Prairie (11 Aug 1691)

1692

• Raid on York (24 January 1692)
• Raid on Wells (10 June 1692)
• Church's Third Expedition (1692, Penobscot and Taconock)

1693

1694

• Raid on Oyster River (18 July 1694)

1695

• Billerica Massacre (Aug 1695)

1696

• Naval Battle at Bay of Fundy (14 Jul 1696)
• Second Siege of Pemaquid (14-15 Aug 1696)
• Church's Fourth Expedition (Sep/Oct 1696)

• Raid on Chignecto (20-29 Sep 1696)
• Siege of Fort Nashwaak (18–20 Oct 1696)

• Avalon Peninsula Campaign (10 Nov 1696 - 19 Apr 1697)

1697

• Raid on Haverhill (15 Mar 1697)
• Ambush Rock (4 Jul 1697)
• Battle of Damariscotta (9 Sep 1697)
• Treaty of Ryswick (Sep 1697)

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia: (Accessed 20 Nov 2022) King William's War

See also:

• King Philip's War (1675-1678)
• Queen Anne's War (1702–1713)
• American Indian Wars

See also: Wikipedia

• Declaration of Indulgence, aka Declaration for Liberty of Conscience
• Glorious Revolution