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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]