1678 Cerdagne occupied and Ghent and Ypres taken by the French. They evacuate Sicily. Peace of Nimeguen. Spain surrenders Franche-Comté and fourteen fortresses of the Netherlands.
1679 Death of Don John.
1680 Eighty-five persons suffer at an auto-da-fé. Raiding expedition of buccaneers on the isthmus of Darien and the coast of Peru.
1683 The French renew the war.
1684 They are repulsed before Gerona and take Luxemburg. Truce with France. Plague in Andalusia.
1685 Oropesa replaces Medina-Celi as prime minister. Cadiz blockaded by France to enforce payment for goods confiscated from French merchants. Earthquakes in various places.
1686 League of Augsburg between Spain, the empire, England and Sweden against France.
1689 Revolt in Catalonia. Villa-Hermosa defeats the rebel army under Antonio de Soler. French invasion of Catalonia repulsed.
1690 Battle of Fleurus. The French defeat the allies.