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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]
Dunkirk (UK: / d ʌ n ˈ k ɜːr k / dun-KURK, US: / ˈ d ʌ n k ɜːr k / DUN-kurk, [3] [4] French: Dunkerque [dœ̃kɛʁk] ⓘ; Picard: Dunkèke; West Flemish: Duunkerke; Dutch: Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a major port city in the department of Nord in northern France. [5] It lies 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the Belgian border. It has the ...
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.
1662 in France. 3 languages. ... October 27 – Charles II of England sells Dunkirk to France for £400,000 (or 2.5 million livres).
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.
Dunkirk was Spain's greatest base for privateers, and these privateers had wreaked havoc on English merchant shipping. [ c ] It was defended by a garrison of about 3,000 in May 1658, [ 14 ] while an English fleet of 18 ships, [ 15 ] under Edward Mountagu , blockaded the port and prevented any reinforcement or supply by sea.
The flag is silver fess azure, i.e. on a white background are three blue stripes, the lowest stripe being blue. The history of this flag is little known: under Spanish rule, the Dunkirk navy had its own flag. In 1662, when Dunkirk became definitively French, King Louis XIV honored the Dunkirk privateers with a special flag to encourage sea ...
In 1662, De Swaen being eight years old, England sold the Flemish town of Dunkirk to King Louis XIV of France. A year later, French became the mandatory formal language , which forced public life in this part of Flanders to take place entirely in French; since the Ordinance of Villers-Cotterêts it was illegal in France to speak any other ...