Historical place archive

Aire-sur-la-Lys in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Aire-sur-la-Lys in Great Britain. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels1 people1710–1710

Historical events in Aire-sur-la-Lys

1710

6 September 1710
Siege of Aire Begins
John Churchill · War of the Spanish Succession

Begins the Allied siege of Aire, a major fortified position that resists until November.

9 November 1710
Capture of Aire
John Churchill · War of the Spanish Succession

Captures Aire during the late 1710 campaign.

Provenance

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