Louis XIV Sun King27 October 1662
Purchases Dunkirk from Charles II as France expands control on the Channel coast.
France · House / House of Bourbon. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Purchases Dunkirk from Charles II as France expands control on the Channel coast.
Purchases Dunkirk from England as Charles II sells the port to France.
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