William III restored as stadtholder

Timeline

1. 1672Dutch provinces · NetherlandsAfter the French invasion, the populace and militias of the provinces blamed the republican stadtholders for the military failures and demanded restoration of the House of Orange's stadtholder tradition; the De Witt brothers' political base quickly collapsed.
2. 1672The Hague · NetherlandsIn July 1672, the States-General of the Netherlands and the provinces successively voted to reappoint William III as stadtholder and restore his military command; the Orangists formally returned to the center of power.
3. 1672Dutch Republic · NetherlandsWilliam III coordinated military resistance, diplomatic appeals, and the deployment of flooded defensive lines, stabilizing the crisis. His stadtholder position was thereafter long consolidated, laying political capital for his later accession to the English throne.