Historical place archive

Alsace in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Alsace in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

10 records6 event labels8 people1634–1929

Historical events in Alsace

1634

1634
Heilbronn League
Louis XIII · Thirty Years War

Inder the Treaty of Paris Bernard & the Heilbronn League cede land in Alsace to France

1634
Rule of Alsace
Louis XIII · Thirty Years War

Inder the Treaty of Paris Bernard & the Heilbronn League cede land in Alsace to France

1648

24 October 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
Anne of Austria · Thirty Years War

France receives Habsburg rights in Alsace under the Treaty of Westphalia.

24 October 1648
Treaty of Westphalia
Louis XIV · Thirty Years War

France receives important Habsburg rights and influence in Alsace.

1705

1705
Rhine Defence
Claude Louis Hector Villars · War of the Spanish Succession

Villars commands French defensive operations along the Rhine after earlier victories in Germany.

1735

1735
Governor
Francois-Marie de Broglie · Government of France

Appointed Governor of General of Alsace

1814

30 May 1814
Rule of Alsace
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord · Government of France

Under the Treaty of Paris France can keep Alsace

30 May 1814
Rule of Alsace
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord · Government of France

Under the Treaty of Paris France keeps control over parts of Belgium, Savoy, Alsace & the Rhineland

1871

10 May 1871
Rule of Alsace-Lorraine
Louis Adolphie Thiers · Franco-Prussian War

Under the Treaty of Frankfurt Prussia is awarded Alsace-Lorraine

1929

1929
Rule of Alsace-Lorraine
Aristide Briand · Socialist Party

Stressman promises not to send German troops into the Rhineland and accepts that Alsace-Lorraine is permantely part of France

Provenance

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