siege of Tournai was an event in the War of Devolution. A French army commanded by Louis XIV successfully besieged the town of Tournai, then part of the...

of Utrecht Siege of Tournai (1667): during the War of Devolution Siege of Tournai (1709): during the War of the Spanish Succession Siege of Tournai (1745):...

The siege of Tournai was a siege of the city of Tournai, then part of the Kingdom of France, between 28 June and 3 September 1709. A Grand Alliance army...

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The siege of Lille took place during the War of Devolution. Louis XIV's forces besieged Lille from 10 August to 28 August 1667. It was the only major engagement...

capture of Mons was the final significant engagement of the campaign of 1709. After taking Tournai on 3 September in a costly and prolonged siege, Marlborough...

career in 1667 as captain of a company of the Regiment de la Reine. He served in the War of Devolution in that year and took part in the sieges of Charleroi...

The Tournaisis, or Tournai (Flemish: Doornik), a territory in the Low Countries in present-day Belgium, is one of Europe's oldest town centres. Located...

1667 (MDCLXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1667th...

also be bishop of Arras Manasses of Soissons (1095–1103) Odo (1105–1113), celebrated as a professor and director of the school of Tournai, also as a writer...

Events from the year 1667 in France Monarch – Louis XIV March – Louis XIV abolishes the livre parisis (Paris pound), in favor of the much more widely...

but they were unable to prevent the Allies from capturing Tournai and Mons. After the Battle of Malplaquet in September 1709, in which Villars was gravely...

The siege of Lille (12 August – 10 December 1708) was the salient operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. After...

refusing to do so earlier despite political incentives. During the War of Devolution in 1667 Turenne captured the Spanish Netherlands practically without resistance...

The siege of Barcelona (Catalan: Setge de Barcelona, IPA: [ˈsedʒə ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]) was a thirteen month battle at the end of the War of Spanish Succession...

In the campaign of 1694, Luxembourg did little in Flanders, except conducting a famous march from Vignemont to Tournai in face of the enemy. On his...

who died of disease at Tournai. He became the Marquis de Marines after purchasing the lordship of Marines, Val-d'Oise in 1659. The first half of the 17th...

option of Ypres, he agreed to make Tournai the main objective for 1709. Although persistent heavy rain caused further delays, the siege of Tournai commenced...

Belgian cities of Mouscron, Kortrijk, Tournai and Menin, which gave birth in January 2008 to the Eurometropolis Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai, the first European...

Menen Tournai Mons Dendermonde Namur The Barrier Treaties (Dutch: Barrièretraktaat/Barrièreverdrag; French: traités de la Barrière) were a series of agreements...

The siege of Turin took place from June to September 1706, during the War of the Spanish Succession. A French army led by Louis de la Feuillade besieged...

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hoped to gain control of the Spanish Netherlands, while Charles sought to restore the damage to his prestige caused by the 1667 Raid on the Medway. Under...

vulnerable northern border and remain French to this day. The retention of Tournai, Oudenarde, Courtrai, Veurne, Binche, Charleroi and Ath made future offensives...

The siege of Landau of 1704 was the third of four such sieges during the War of the Spanish Succession. It lasted 77 days from 9 September to 25 November...

The siege of Barcelona took place between 3 and 27 April 1706 during the War of the Spanish Succession when a Franco-Spanish army laid siege to Barcelona...

included remnants of the former dioceses of Tournai, Ypres, and Saint Omer. In 1817 both the pope and the king were eager for the erection of a see at Lille...

in 1667, and in the same year he became head of the nobility in Brittany and was the king's representative there. He was also involved in sieges at Tournai...

(Oury 2020, p. 380) (Oury 2020, p. 381) Lynn, John A (1999). The Wars of Louis XIV: 1667–1714. Longman. ISBN 0582056292. Oury, Clément (2020). La Guerre de...

1667, and enlarged by Vauban, the town suffocated in the mid-nineteenth century within its two-century-old ramparts, unsuited to the development of the...