Timeline July 1702

Events in July 1702 3

• 1702 French forces capture Landau Fortress town falls during the War of the Spanish Succession A French army besieged the Imperial fortress town of Landau in the Rhineland, eventually forcing its surrender after a prolonged siege. The capture secured a French foothold on the Rhine frontier early in the War of the Spanish Succession.
• 1702 Battle of Kliszów Charles XII of Sweden routs Polish-Saxon forces Swedish forces under King Charles XII decisively defeated the Polish-Saxon army of Augustus II near Kliszów during the Great Northern War. The victory let Swedish troops occupy Kraków and strengthened Charles' campaign to depose Augustus as King of Poland.
• 1702 Camisard revolt begins in the Cévennes Protestant uprising breaks out in southern France Huguenot peasants in the Cévennes region rose up after killing the Abbé du Chaila, an official overseeing the persecution of Protestants under the revoked Edict of Nantes. The resulting Camisard revolt became a sustained guerrilla war against royal French forces.