Historical place archive

Dunes in History

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

2 records1 event labels2 people1658–1781

Historical events in Dunes

1658

14 June 1658
Battle of Dunes
Turenne · France War

Victory for the French & English over the Spanish, Dunkirk surrenders

1781

9 September 1781
Battle of Dunes
Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse · American War of Independence

The British leave the sea near Chesapeake to the French & Graves returns to New York

Provenance

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