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Distances in miles and kilometers from Valenciennes, Hauts de France to other cities in FranceMeasures calculated from coordinates 50°21′29″N 03°31′23″E in a straight line: | |
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Google Earth and GPS Waypoint Coordinates (KML, WPT, GPX) ValenciennesThe following files can be imported from Google Earth or used as Waypoints for GPS |
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Tourist information about ValenciennesTourist and cultural information on nearby sites by coordinates: |
Siege of Valenciennes (1793) The Siege of Valenciennes took place between 13 June and 28 July 1793, during the Flanders Campaign of the War of the First Coalition. The French garrison under Jean Henri Becays Ferrand was blockaded by part of the army of Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, commanded by the Prince Frederick, (...) Siege of Valenciennes (1567) The Siege of Valenciennes took place between 6 December 1566 and 23 March 1567 at Valenciennes, then in the Habsburg Netherlands. It is considered the first siege of the Eighty Years' War. Among the victims of the repression that followed the fall of the city was the author of the Belgic Confession, (...) Battle of Valenciennes (1656) The Battle of Valenciennes (16 July 1656) was fought between the Spanish troops commanded by Don Juan José de Austria against the French troops under Marshal Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne, in the outskirts of the town in the Spanish Netherlands, during the Franco-Spanish War (...) Siege of Valenciennes (1676–77) The Siege of Valenciennes took place from 28 February to 17 March 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War, when Valenciennes, then in the Spanish Netherlands, was attacked by a French army under the duc de Luxembourg (...) Battle of Valenciennes (1918) The Battle of Valenciennes was part of the Hundred Days Offensive at the end of World War I. Occurring on 1 and 2 November 1918, it resulted in the capture of Valenciennes from the Germans by Canadian and British forces (...) |