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Austro-Prussian War
(Encyclopedia) Austro-Prussian War or Seven Weeks War, June 15–Aug. 23, 1866, between Prussia, allied with Italy, and Austria, seconded by Bavaria, Württemberg, Saxony, Hanover, Baden, and several…Iran-Iraq War
(Encyclopedia) Iran-Iraq War, 1980–88, protracted military conflict between Iran and Iraq. It officially began on Sept. 22, 1980, with an Iraqi land and air invasion of western Iran, although Iraqi…King George's War
(Encyclopedia) King George's War: see French and Indian Wars.King Philip's War
(Encyclopedia) King Philip's War, 1675–76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of…King William's War
(Encyclopedia) King William's War: see French and Indian Wars.Devolution, War of
(Encyclopedia) Devolution, War of, 1667–68, undertaken by Louis XIV for the conquest of the Spanish Netherlands. On her marriage to Louis, Marie Thérèse, daughter of Philip IV of Spain, had renounced…civil war, English
(Encyclopedia) civil war, English: see English civil war.Hundred Years War
(Encyclopedia) Hundred Years War, 1337–1453, conflict between England and France. The Hundred Years War inflicted untold misery on France. Farmlands were laid waste, the population was decimated by…Queen Anne's War
(Encyclopedia) Queen Anne's War: see French and Indian Wars.Russo-Finnish War
(Encyclopedia) Russo-Finnish War, 1939–40: see Finnish-Russian War.Trending
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