Historical place archive

Trier in History

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

2 records2 event labels2 people1635–1940

Historical events in Trier

1635

19 May 1635
Siege of Trier
Louis XIII · Thirty Years War

Declares War on Spain after the Spanish occupation of the fortress of Trier

1940

1940
German Captivity
Jean-Paul Sartre · Philosophy

Sartre is captured during the German invasion and spends months as a prisoner of war.

Provenance

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