The Franco-Spanish War, May 1635 to November 1659, was fought between France and Spain, each supported by various allies at different points. It consists of two distinct phases, the first from May 163
Louis XIII, King of France from 1610 to 1643
Philip IV of Spain, ruler from 1621 to 1665
The Battle of Rocroi in 1643 can be seen as the end of the battlefield supremacy of the tercios.
The Spanish retake Naples, April 1648
Crossing of the Somme
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The Crossing of the Somme took place on 5 August 1636 during the Thirty Years' War and the Franco-Spanish War when units of the Spanish Army of Flanders and the Imperial Army under Thomas Francis, Pri
Crossing of the Somme, 1636. Oil on canvas by Peter Snayers.