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Battle of Fleurus

Battle of Fleurus was a battle fought on 1 July 1690 at Fleurus, in what is now Belgium. It was part of the Nine Years' War, which ran from 1688 to 1697. The recorded result: French victory.

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Battle of Fleurus, 1 July 1690. Oil on canvas by Pierre-Denis Martin
Battle of Fleurus, 1 July 1690. Oil on canvas by Pierre-Denis Martin. Pierre-Denis Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought1 July 1690
WhereFleurus, Belgium50.483N, 4.550E
OutcomeFrench victory
BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstDutch Republic; Spain
Part ofNine Years' War1688 to 1697

Where it sits in the Nine Years' War

Siege of Koblenz, 1688Battle of Cochem, 1688Siege of Philippsburg, 1688Invasion of England, 1688Battle of Bantry Bay, 1689Battle of Walcourt, 1689Siege of Bonn, 1689Battle of Fleurus, 1690Battle of Beachy Head, 1690Raid on Teignmouth, 1690Battle of Staffarda, 1690Battle of Sabana Real, 1691Siege of Mons, 1691French bombardment of Liège, 1691Bombardment of Liège, 1691Siege of Cuneo, 1691Bombardment of Barcelona, 1691Bombardment of Alicante, 1691Battle of Leuze, 1691Siege of Namur, 1692Action at Cherbourg, 1692Action at La Hogue, 1692Battles of Barfleur and La Hougue, 1692Battle of Steenkerque, 1692Battle of Ötisheim, 1692Siege of Pondicherry, 1693Siege of Roses, 1693Battle of Lagos, 1693Battle of Landen, 1693Siege of Charleroi, 1693Battle of Marsaglia, 1693Battle of Torroella, 1694Capture of Palamós, 1694Siege of Girona, 1694Battle of Camaret, 1694Battle of Texel, 1694Siege of Huy, 1694Siege of Namur, 1695Battle of Sant Esteve d'en Bas, 1695Capitulation of Diksmuide, 1695Battle of Dogger Bank, 1696Raid on Cartagena de Indias, 1697Siege of Ath, 1697Siege of Barcelona, 1697Battle of Hudson's Bay, 169716881697Battle of Fleurus, 1690
46 placed engagements of the Nine Years' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date1 July 1690
PlaceFleurus, Belgium
50.483N, 4.550E
KindBattle, early modern
Strength30,000 to 40,000 efn|Estimates: 30,000; 35,000; 40,000}
Commanders
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The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 5 times between 1622 and 1815.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1690

Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: FR ARMYDefender: ALLIED ARMY
Strength50,00038,000
Casualties6,000 (12.0%)19,000 (50.0%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1093
Outcomeattacker won
Duration2 days

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 42), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Battle of Fleurus is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1612417, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Fleurus (1690), revision 1373017748, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.