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In 1662, Charles II, short of money and concerned that Dunkirk was a potential liability for international relations, sold it to France. The purchase price was five million livres. The banker Edward Backwell, who served as Treasurer of Dunkirk under both the Republican and Royal governments, was instrumental in the sale. [6]
On 17 October 1662, Dunkirk was sold to France by Charles II of England for £320,000. [7] The French government developed the town as a fortified port. The town's existing defences were adapted to create ten bastions.
The Siege of Dunkirk was a siege commenced by France under the command of Louis, le Grand Condé with naval support of the Dutch Republic under the command of admiral Maarten Tromp, who were able to blockade the city to help Condé's siege.
October 27 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £400,000 (or 2.5 million livres). December 26 – Molière 's play The School for Wives premieres. Births
Jean Bart was born in Dunkirk in 1650 [1] to a seafaring family, the son of Jean-Cornil Bart (c. 1619–1668) who has been described variously as a fisherman [2] or corsair commander sailing for the Dutch Republic.
Fort-Mardyck (French pronunciation: [fɔʁ maʁdik]; Dutch: Fort-Mardijk; West Flemish: Fort-Mardyk) is a former commune in the Nord department in northern France. It has been part of the commune of Dunkirk since 9 December 2010. [1] [2] [3] In 2022 it had 3,491 inhabitants. [4]
The siege of Dunkirk in 1658 was a military operation by France and the Commonwealth of England intended to capture the fortified port city of Dunkirk, Spain's greatest privateering base, from a Spanish garrison strengthened with English Royalists and French Fronduers.
During the Dutch Revolt (1568–1648), the Dunkirkers or Dunkirk Privateers were commerce raiders in the service of the Spanish monarchy and later the Kingdom of France. They were also part of the Dunkirk fleet , which consequently was a part of the Spanish monarchy's Flemish fleet (Armada de Flandes) .