ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.

On this day in 1693, the French defeated the Piedmontese in one of the battles of the Nine Years’ War.

On this day in 1636, the Swedes defeated the Germans in one of the battles of the Thirty Years’ War.

On this day in 1602, the English and Dutch defeated the Spanish in one of the battles of the Eighty Years’ War.

The Hundred Years’ War took the day off.