13 June 1673
French Capture of Maastricht
Takes Maastricht after a rapid siege directed by French engineers.
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Browse historical events and people recorded at Maastricht in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Takes Maastricht after a rapid siege directed by French engineers.
Uses parallel trenches to coordinate safer and more effective assaults.
Directs systematic siege approaches against Maastricht's fortifications.
Leads the royal campaign against the strategically important fortress.
Leads French troops during fighting near the Tongersepoort.
Is killed by musket fire while attacking the Maastricht fortifications.
Applies sustained pressure to the fortress before its November surrender.
Directs operations against Maastricht during the revolutionary campaign in the Low Countries.
Distinguishes himself in battle when the French cross the Rhine
Receives Maastricht's surrender during the French revolutionary advance.
Brings the city under French control after the siege.
Delors promoted the staged programme for economic and monetary union agreed by European leaders.
Promotes the staged programme leading toward economic and monetary union.
Mitterrand promoted political union alongside plans for a common European currency.
Promotes political union alongside the planned common European currency.
Mitterrand worked with Helmut Kohl to secure agreement at the Maastricht European Council.
Works with Helmut Kohl to secure agreement on the treaty.
Delors supported the Maastricht settlement on deeper political and economic integration.
Supports agreement on deeper political and economic integration.
Leads France's participation as the final European Council negotiations begin at Maastricht.
Delors supported agreement on treaty provisions establishing the route toward a single European currency.
Mitterrand helped secure agreement on a treaty combining political union with economic and monetary integration.
Advances France's economic position as the Maastricht monetary settlement is finalised.
Contributes to the political-union compromise accepted by France on the summit's final day.
Supports the timetable and convergence provisions for monetary union.
Confirms French participation in the new European Union framework.
Signs the Treaty on European Union for France as Minister of Economy and Finance.
Signs the Treaty on European Union for France as Foreign Minister.
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