March 4th

On this day - March 4th 1665 - England declared war against the Netherlands

In 1665 started the second anglo-dutch war which lasted until 1667. Tis was the second conflict between the two countries, and two more were yet to come. The reason for the conflict was Englands wish to end the dutch trade domination of world trade. Although England started out as the most successful ended the conflict with the Netherlands as the winner. The reason the Netherlands won this war was simply because they were in a better financial situation than England. This ment that they could continue supplying their fleet with new ships as the war dragged on, and in the end this led to their victory. In fact, the war led to increased share in the world trade for the Netherlands who could increase their world trade without fear of the English, who did not have enough ships left. In 1667 was the treaty of Breda signed between the two countries.