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In response to the final defeat of Napoleon I of France in the "hundred day" restoration in 1815, Alsace along with other French frontier provinces was under military occupation by foreign forces from 1815 to 1818, [32] including over 280,000 soldiers and 90,000 horses in Bas-Rhin alone.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Strasbourg, Alsace, France. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
When the Maginot Line was built, the Sous-secteur fortifié de Strasbourg (fortified sub-sector of Strasbourg) was laid out on the city's territory as a part of the Secteur fortifié du Bas-Rhin, one of the sections of the Line. Blockhouses and casemates were built along the Grand Canal d'Alsace and the Rhine in the Robertsau forest and the ...
Bas-Rhin (French pronunciation: [bɑ ʁɛ̃] ⓘ) [3] is a département in Alsace which is a part of the Grand Est super-region of France. The name means 'Lower Rhine ', referring to its lower altitude among the two French Rhine departments: it is downstream of the Haut-Rhin (Upper Rhine) department.
Oberelsaß (Upper Alsace), whose capital was Kolmar, had a land area of 3,525 km 2 (1,361 sq mi) and corresponds precisely to the current department of Haut-Rhin; Unterelsaß, (Lower Alsace), whose capital was Strassburg, had a land area of 4,755 km 2 (1,836 sq mi) and corresponds precisely to the current department of Bas-Rhin
France obtains Lille and other territories of Flanders from Spain. 1678: Treaties of Nijmegen: A series of treaties ending the Franco-Dutch War. France obtains the Franche-Comté and some cities in Flanders and Hainaut (from Spain). 1684: 15 August: Truce of Ratisbon: End of the War of the Reunions. France obtains further territories in the ...
The Province of Alsace (Province d'Alsace) was an administrative region of the Kingdom of France and one of the many provinces formed in the late 1600s. In 1648, the Landgraviate of Upper-Alsace was absorbed into the Kingdom of France and subsequently became the Province of Alsace, which it remain an integral part of for almost 150 years.
Pages in category "History of Bas-Rhin" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. ... Nordgau (Alsace) Operation Northwind (1944) S.