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The dauphin arrived at the castle of the Archbishop of Reims in Sept-Saulx (located 21 km from Reims). [34] The dauphin called on the people of Reims to open their gates, despite their vow to resist him for six weeks until relieved by Lancaster and Philip the Good. [35] After negotiations and dinner, Charles VII entered and slept in Reims.
The Battle of Patay, fought on 18 June 1429 during the Hundred Years' War, was the culmination of the Loire Campaign between the French and English in north-central France. In this engagement, the horsemen of the French vanguard inflicted heavy casualties on an English army; most of them sustained by the longbowmen as the English cavalry fled.
17 July – Charles VII is crowned as King of France at the traditional site of Reims. 8 September – Joan of Arc leads a failed attempt to capture Paris. Unknown – The future Louis XI becomes Dauphin of France.
After pushing further into English and Burgundian-controlled territory, Charles was crowned King Charles VII of France in Reims Cathedral on 17 July 1429. Joan was later captured by Burgundian troops under John of Luxembourg at the Siege of Compiègne on 24 May 1430. [11] The Burgundians handed her over to their English allies.
2008 – November: French Socialist Party congress held in Reims. 2009 – Festival Reims Scènes d'Europe begins. 2011 – Reims tramway begins operating. 2012 – Population: 181,893. 2014 March: Reims municipal election, 2014 held. Arnaud Robinet becomes mayor. 2016 – Reims becomes part of the Grand Est region.
This monument stands south-west of Reims on the RD 980, as one leaves Ville-en-Tardenois in the direction of Dormans. The inscription reminds visitors that many men of the 60th French Infantry Regiment fell fighting in the woods of Courmont, Bonval and Cohette and the area around Ville-en-Tardenois in the attacks against the Germans from 26 ...
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William B. T. Trego was born in Yardley, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1858, the son of the artist Jonathan Kirkbridge Trego and Emily Roberts née Thomas. At the age of two William's hands and feet became nearly paralyzed, either from polio, or from a doctor administering a dose of calomel (mercurous chloride).