context: The War of the Spanish Succession (1701 —1714) is a major European conflict that began in 1701 after the death of the last Spanish king from the Habsburg dynasty, Charles II. Charles bequeathed all his possessions to Philip, the Duke of Anjou - the grandson of the French king Louis XIV - who later became king Philip V of Spain. The war began with the attempt of the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I to defend the right of his dynasty (also the Habsburgs) to Spanish possessions. When Louis XIV began to expand its territories more aggressively, some European powers (mainly England and the Dutch Republic) sided with the Holy Roman Empire to prevent the strengthening of France. Other states have joined the alliance of France and Spain to try to get new territories or to protect existing ones. The war took place not only in Europe, but also in North America, where the local conflict was called by the British colonists the war of Queen Anne.
question: When did the Spanish Succession War begin?
answers.text: 1701