battle, notable, early modern

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. Pierre-Denis Martin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

Record

Date	1 July 1690
Place	Fleurus, Belgium 50.483N, 4.550E
Part of	Nine Years' War (1688 to 1697)
Kind	Battle, early modern
Result	French victory
Belligerents	Kingdom of France	Dutch Republic; Spain
Commanders	François-Henri de Luxembourg	Georg Friedrich of Waldeck
Strength	30,000 to 40,000 efn\|Estimates: 30,000; 35,000; 40,000}

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Fleurus 1622, same recorded site
Battle of Fleurus 1794, 0.2 km
Battle of Lambusart 1794, 3.2 km
Battle of Ligny 1815, 3.7 km
Siege of Corroy 1542, 9.7 km

In the same war

Before: Siege of Bonn 16 September 1689
After: Battle of Beachy Head 10 July 1690
All 33 engagements of Nine Years' War

Elsewhere in 1690

Battle of Fleurus is one of 979 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 189 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.