Dutch Wars

Dutch Wars, series of conflicts between the English and Dutch during the mid to late 17th cent. The wars had their roots in the Anglo-Dutch commercial rivalry, although the last of the three wars was a wider conflict in which French interests played a primary role.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• War of 1672–78
• War of 1664–67
• War of 1652–54
• Bibliography

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