4 October 1518
Recovery of Tournai
Secures the planned restoration of Tournai to France through financial and diplomatic arrangements with Henry VIII.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Tournai in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Secures the planned restoration of Tournai to France through financial and diplomatic arrangements with Henry VIII.
Turenne captures Lille, Charleroi, Tournai, and Douai in a campaign the French remember as the "promenade militaire"
The French under Maurice de Saxe stop an allied advance on Tournai
Blames the French defeats at Mons & Tournai on treason & an "Austrian Committee"
The French are forced to retreat
A Battle between 50,000 Allies & 45,000 French, both sides retreat
A drawn Battle with the Allies
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