CHAPTER XX.
FROM THE PEACE OF NIMEGUEN TO THE PEACE OF UTRECHT A.D.

1678--1713 State of Europe subsequently to the Peace of Nimeguen--Arrogant Conduct of Louis XIV .-- Truce for Twenty Years--Death of Charles II.

of England--League of Augsburg--The Conduct of William--He invades England--James II.

Deposed--William III.

proclaimed King of England--King William puts himself at the Head of the Confederacy against Louis XIV., and enters on the War--Military Operations--Peace of Ryswyk--Death of Charles II.