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The siege of Namur can refer to a number of sieges of the city of Namur in Belgium:

  • Siege of Namur (1577) - John of Austria takes the citadel by surprise
  • Siege of Namur (1692) by the French (under Louis XIV and Vauban)
  • Siege of Namur (1695) by the Allies (Dutch, English and Brandenburgers)
  • Siege of Namur (1746) [fr] by the French, during the War of the Austrian Succession
  • Siege of Namur (1792) by the French, during the War of the First Coalition
  • Siege of Namur (1914) by the Germans, during World War I

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Siege of Namur

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The siege of Namur can refer to a number of sieges of the city of Namur in Belgium: Siege of Namur (1577) - John of Austria takes the citadel by surprise...

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Namur

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capital both of the province of Namur and of Wallonia, hosting the Parliament of Wallonia, the Government of Wallonia and its administration. Namur stands at...

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List of sieges

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follows. Siege of Aratta (c. 2600 BC) Siege of Uruk (c. 2580 BC) Siege of Qabra (1780 BC) Siege of Hiritum (1764 BC) Siege of Larsa (1763 BC) Siege of Avaris...

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Fortified position of Namur

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address shortcomings exposed during the 1914 Battle of Liège and the short siege of Namur. While the Namur defenses continued nominally to deter France from...

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Menno van Coehoorn

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Charleroi Namur Huy Mons Ostend His ideas remained untested until the 1688-1697 Nine Years War, whose tactics placed great emphasis on manoeuvre and siege warfare...

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Bombardment of Brussels

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concurrent siege of Namur. The bombardment ultimately proved to be the most destructive event in the history of Brussels, destroying a third of the buildings...

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Citadel of Namur

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The Citadel of Namur (French: Citadelle de Namur) is a fortress in the Walloon capital city of Namur, at the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers...

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Historical reenactment

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spectacular recreation of the Siege of Namur, an important military engagement of the Nine Years' War, was staged in 1934 as part of 6-day long show. In...

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County of Namur

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Namur (Dutch: Namen) was a county of the Carolingian and later Holy Roman Empire in the Low Countries, a region in northwestern Europe. Its territories...

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1695

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"command against the law of nature". July 12 – The Siege of Namur begins in the Spanish Netherlands (now Belgium). July 15 – The siege of the Ottoman fortress...

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Belfry of Namur

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the destruction of the church, burned down during the siege of Namur in 1745, the Tour Saint-Jacques, the oldest of the three towers of the medieval city...

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William III of England

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and the Treaty of Limerick (1691) pacified Ireland. At the same time, the Grand Alliance fared poorly in Europe, as William lost Namur in the Spanish...

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War of the First Coalition

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revolts in provincial France and laying siege to Toulon in October 1793. France suffered reverses (Battle of Neerwinden, 18 March 1793) and internal strife...

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Huchtenburg

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the Brussels gallery seems but the precursor of larger and more powerful works, such as the Siege of Namur (1695) in the Belvedere at Vienna, where William...

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Battle of Verdun

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had concluded from the swift capture of the Belgian fortresses at the Battle of Liège and at the Siege of Namur in 1914 that fortifications had been made...

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