Historical place archive

Lille in History

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

5 records4 event labels3 people1708–1940

Historical events in Lille

1708

1708
Siege of Lille
Eugene of Savoy · War of the Spanish Succession

The city of Lille falls to the Allies

1733

1733
Imperial Army
Eugene of Savoy · Polish Succession

Appointed Commander of the Imperial Army in the Rhineland

1733
Siege of Lille
Eugene of Savoy · Polish Succession

Appointed Commander of the Imperial Army in the Rhineland

1914

24 August 1914
Invasion of France
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg · World War, 1st

Germany enters France near Lille

1940

28 May 1940
Operation Yellow
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel · World War, 2nd

The 7th cuts the main Lille-Armentieres Road

Provenance

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