{"slug": "franco-spanish-war-16351659", "label": "Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659)", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco-Spanish_War_%281635%E2%80%931659%29", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q617333", "qid": "Q617333", "description": "1635–1659 war", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1635, 1659], "span_label": ["1635 CE", "1659 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "louis-xiv", "label": "Louis XIV", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "principality-of-catalonia", "label": "Principality of Catalonia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-iv-of-spain", "label": "Philip IV of Spain", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "balearic-islands", "label": "Balearic Islands", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1635, "year_label": "1635 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Philipp Christoph von Sötern, the Archbishop-Elector of Trier, is taken prisoner in a surprise attack by Spanish Habsburg troops, leading to a declaration of war against Spain by France and the beginning of the Franco-Spanish War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360049087#January–March", "title": "1635", "revid": 1360049087, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1635, "year_label": "1635 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – France declares war on Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360049087#April–June", "title": "1635", "revid": 1360049087, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1638, "year_label": "1638 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659): The Battle of Getaria is fought between the navies of France and Spain, with the French sinking all 17 Spanish Navy ships and killing 2,000 Spanish sailors and officers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352457236#July–September", "title": "1638", "revid": 1352457236, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1651, "year_label": "1651 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 17", "text": "June 17 – Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659); A squadron of Spanish galleys under John Joseph of Austria capture the French galleon Lion Couronné off Formentera, Balearic Islands, Spain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365975166#April–June", "title": "1651", "revid": 1365975166, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1653, "year_label": "1653 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 20", "text": "October 20 – The Battle of Bordeaux is fought between French and Spanish warships in the Gironde estuary of France as part of the Franco-Spanish War. The Spanish fleet of 30 warships, under the command of Álvaro de Bazán y Manrique de Lara, Marquis of Santa Cruz, overwhelms the French fleet of César, Duke of Vendôme and captures ten galleys and brigantines, as well as burning four other warships and 15 barges.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365981775#October–December", "title": "1653", "revid": 1365981775, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1658, "year_label": "1658 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660) and Franco-Spanish War (1635–1659): In the Battle of the Dunes, a Spanish force attempting to lift a siege of Dunkirk is defeated by the French and English. England is then given Dunkirk, for its assistance in the victory.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986033#April–June", "title": "1658", "revid": 1365986033, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1659, "year_label": "1659 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 7", "text": "November 7 – The Treaty of the Pyrenees is signed by representatives of Kings Louis XIV of France and Philip IV of Spain. Spain agrees to French acquisition of the counties of Roussillon and Upper Cerdanya (Principality of Catalonia) and most of Artois, formally ending the 24-year-long Franco-Spanish War.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365986380#October–December", "title": "1659", "revid": 1365986380, "section": "Events › October–December"}}]}