1654 Spaniards defeated before Arras. The buccaneers sack New Segovia in Honduras and Maracaibo and Gibraltar on the Gulf of Venezuela.
1655 Jamaica captured by the English.
1656 Valenciennes, besieged by Turenne, is relieved by Don John and Condé.
1657 Oliver Cromwell sends troops to aid Turenne. The English exiles join the Spaniards.
1658 Battle of the Dunes. The Spaniards defeated. Dunkirk, Furnes, Gravelines and Oudenarde surrender to the French.
1659 Battle of Elvas. The Portuguese defeat De Haro. Devastating war on the frontiers. The treaty of the Pyrenees ends the French war. Louis XIV is to marry the infanta Maria Theresa, who renounces her claims to the Spanish crown. Spain abandons Roussillon, Cerdagne, Artois, and several border fortresses. Burgundy, Charolois, and Franche-Comté restored to Spain. France abandons the Portuguese.
1661 Don John invades Portugal. Death of De Haro.
1662 Don John occupies Alemtejo and
1663 takes Evora. Spaniards defeated at Amegial.
1664 Portuguese capture Valencia de Alcantara and defeat the Spaniards at Villaviciosa. Don John disgraced.