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[edit] Timeline of the Year of Disaster
- February 25 -- [William III of England|William IV of Orange]] appointed Captain-General of Dutch forces.
- Spring 1672 (exact date not given) -- Cornelis De Witt signs mutual assistance pact with Spain
- 23 March -- deliberate and unprovoked naval attack on a Dutch fleet by the Royal Navy
- March/April -- English Declaration of War against United Provinces
- April 6 -- French Declaration of War against United Provinces
- May 19 -- French expeditionary force encircled Maastricht, neutralizing it.
- June 1 -- Overijssel invaded by French
- June 7 -- Dutch naval attack on British and French troops at Solebay
- June 7 -- States General grant the Deputies of the Field free reign
- June 7 -- The Treaty of Heeswijk (a Franco-English treaty) which reaffirmed the Secret Treaty of Dover signed.
- June 21 -- Assassination attempt on Johan DeWitt
- June 27 -- DeWitt and Estates General discuss moving the Seat of the Government from The Hague to Amsterdam
- June 28 -- Pieter deGroot, Pensionary of Rotterdam, offers surrender...
- June 29 -- Leonard Van Naarssen and the town council of (?) are forced to repeal the Perpetual Edict by near-riotous crowds
- July 3rd:
- Amsterdam revokes the Perpetual Edict
- Proposes to promote William to Stadholder
- July 4th: William appointed Stadholder for Holland
- July 7th: Van Beuningen convinces the States General to break off negotiations with the French
- Late July: William, on his own initiative, opens secret negotiations with King Charles II of England using a envoy by the name of Sylvius.
- Proposes his Seven Points
- August 4, 1672: Johan de Witt resigns as Grand Pensionary of the United Provinces.boy
- August 10, 1672: William is authorized by the States General to persuade Charles II not to ratify the treaty of Heeswijk.
- August 20, 1672: Cornelis and Johan De Witt murdered by rioters.
22 August 1672 [[Battle of Axel]
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