A coalition of Britain, the Netherlands and Portugal is defeated by a Franco-Spanish army at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Almansa" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Almansa">Almansa</a> (Spain) in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession" id="mwPw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="War of the Spanish Succession">War of the Spanish Succession</a>.