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When did the War of the Spanish Succession take place?

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Illustration of the Battle of Blenheim showing cavalry and infantry in combat, fallen soldiers, and smoke rising from cannon fire across a hilly battlefield. — War of the Spanish Succession The Battle of Blenheim (August 13, 1704), was the most famous victory of John Churchill, duke of Marlborough, and Eugene of Savoy during the War of the Spanish Succession.

The War of the Spanish Succession took place from 1701 to 1714.12

This conflict was triggered by the death of the childless Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs, and centered on competing claims to the Spanish throne by the House of Bourbon and the House of Habsburg. The war concluded with a series of agreements, most notably the treaties of Utrecht, which established a new balance of power in Europe and saw the rise of Britain as a dominant colonial and commercial force.12