War+of+Augsburg

The War Of Augsburg started in 1688 and ended in 1697, this war is often referred to as the “Nine Years’ War”. The War Of Augsburg was a major war fought between King Louis XIV of France and the Grand Allegiance led by King William III. The fighting mostly took place around France's borders; such as, the Spanish Netherlands, the Rhineland, Duchy of Savoy and Catalonia.

One of the issues that resulted in the war started with Louis XIV. Louis XIV had turned France into the dominant European power attempted to gain control over Europe. This scared Holland, Spain, Austria and many smaller German Protestant states into forming the League of Augsburg against France. Unfortunately, neither one of the sides could pull out a win. In 1697 a stalemate was reached by both sides and the war ended with Peace of Ryswick Treaty.

The impact that this war had was a lot of financial and economic exhaustion on both sides. Both countries suffered the loss of family and friends that died during the war.