↑ All dates in the article are in the Gregorian calendar (unless otherwise stated). The Julian calendar as used in England until 1752 differed by ten days. Thus, the Battle of the Boyne was fought on 11 July (Gregorian calendar) or 1 July (Julian calendar). In this article (O.S) is used to annotate Julian dates with the year adjusted to 1 January. See the article Old Style and New Style dates for a more detailed explanation of the dating issues and conventions.
↑ 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition, New York 1910, Vol.X, p. 460: "The oriflamme and the Chape de St Martin were succeeded at the end of the 16th century, when Henry III., the last of the house of Valois, came to the throne, by the white standard powdered with fleurs-de-lis. This in turn gave place to the famous tricolour." George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The American Cyclopaedia, New York, 1874, p. 250, "...the standard of France was white, sprinkled with golden fleur de lis...". * The original Banner of France was strewn with fleurs-de-lis. *:on the reverse of this plate it says: "Le pavillon royal était véritablement le drapeau national au dix-huitième siècle...Vue du château d'arrière d'un vaisseau de guerre de haut rang portant le pavillon royal (blanc, avec les armes de France)."
↑ The Dutch army grew from a peacetime strength of 40,000 in 1686 to a peak of 102,000 in 1696. The English army expanded from 40,000 in 1688 to 101,000 in 1696. Spain maintained approximately 50,000 troops throughout the war. Brandenburg-Prussian forces numbered some 30,000 in 1688; smaller German states managed between 6,000 and 10,000 during the war. Savoy had an initial strength of some 8,000 men, rising to 26,000 in 1696. All coalition armies hired foreign soldiers to raise the numbers. These are paper figures.
1 2 Lynn p. 98. These naval figures are from 1695.
↑ This is a paper strength of officers and men in the French army – by far the largest in Europe. Its actual strength was probably nearer 340,000.
