War of the Quadruple Alliance

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18th-century conflict European war war

The War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718–1720) was a European conflict in which Britain, France, Austria, and the Dutch Republic allied to curb Spanish attempts to regain territories lost after the War of the Spanish Succession.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	18th-century conflict → European war → war →
aim	to maintain the European balance of power → to prevent Spain from revising the Treaty of Utrecht settlement →
alliance	Quadruple Alliance →
alsoKnownAs	Quadruple Alliance War →
combatant	Austria → Dutch Republic → France → Great Britain → Savoy → Spain →
concludedBy	Treaty of London (1718) → Treaty of The Hague (1720) →
countryInvolved	Austria → Dutch Republic → France → Great Britain → Spain →
endTime	1720 →
followed	War of the Spanish Succession →
followedBy	War of the Polish Succession →
formedAllianceOf	Great Britain, France, Austria, and the Dutch Republic →
hasCause	Spanish attempt to recover Italian territories lost after the War of the Spanish Succession → Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 → Spanish invasion of Sicily in 1718 →
hasParticipant	Duchy of Savoy → Dutch Republic → Habsburg Monarchy → Kingdom of France → Kingdom of Great Britain → Kingdom of Sardinia → Kingdom of Sicily → Kingdom of Spain →
historicalPeriod	Early 18th century →
location	Italy → Mediterranean Sea → Sardinia → Sicily → Spain →
opposingCommander	Cardinal Giulio Alberoni → James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope → Philip V of Spain → Prince Eugene of Savoy → Victor Amadeus II of Savoy →
partOf	European balance of power conflicts →
result	Quadruple Alliance victory → Spanish defeat →
significantEvent	Austrian campaign in Sicily → Battle of Cape Passaro → French invasion of northern Spain (1719) →
startTime	1718 →

Referenced by (22)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Austrian campaign in Sicily → Battle of Cape Passaro → French invasion of northern Spain (1719) → Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 →	partOf
Battle of Cape Passaro → French invasion of northern Spain (1719) →	conflict
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor → James FitzJames, 1st Duke of Berwick →	participatedIn
Quadruple Alliance (1718) → Treaty of London (1718) →	relatedConflict
War of the Quadruple Alliance ("Quadruple Alliance War") →	alsoKnownAs
Quadruple Alliance (1718) →	causeOf
Spanish invasion of Sardinia in 1717 →	conflictOf
Treaty of The Hague (1720) →	endedConflict
War of the Spanish Succession →	followedBy
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) →	hasCause
Jacobite rising of 1719 →	hasTheater
French invasion of northern Spain (1719) ("War of the Quadruple Alliance era") →	historicalPeriod
Giulio Alberoni →	participantIn
War of the Polish Succession →	precededBy
Austrian campaign in Sicily ("Mediterranean theater of the War of the Quadruple Alliance") →	theaterOfWar
Battle of Cape Passaro →	triggered