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Anglo–Dutch Wars (1652–74) - events| 30 June 1652 | United Netherlands, UK | After a period of growing tension, triggered by the passing of the first Navigation Act, England declares war on the United Netherlands. | | 1664 | UK, United Netherlands | Growing commercial rivalry between England and the United Netherlands causes a number of preliminary skirmishes to occur between the two countries in the colonies and at sea. The tension generated eventually leads to the outbreak of the second Anglo-Dutch war. | | 4 March 1665 | UK, United Netherlands | Prompted by attacks by the Dutch and the British on each other's colonial possessions, the second Anglo-Dutch war begins. | | 17 March 1672 | UK, United Netherlands, France | An engagement between the British navy and the Dutch Smyrna fleet off the Isle of Wight on 13 March is used as a pretext for Britain to declare war on the United Netherlands. The declaration fulfils British obligations to the French expressed in the secret Treaty of Dover and begins the third Anglo-Dutch war. Subsequently, on 6 April, the French also declare war on the Dutch. | | 11 August 1673 | France, UK, United Netherlands | The last important engagement of the third Anglo-Dutch war takes place between the allied British and French navies and the Dutch fleet off Texel in the United Netherlands. The result is inconclusive but it marks the end of allied efforts to land troops in the United Netherlands. |
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