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Sedan (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. Sedan is notable as the site of two major battles between the armed forces of France and Germany, both of which were won by Germany.
The Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War from 1 to 2 September 1870. Resulting in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III and over a hundred thousand troops, it effectively decided the war in favour of Prussia and its allies, though fighting continued under a new French government .
This is a timeline of French history, comprising important legal changes and political events in France and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of France. See also the list of Frankish kings, French monarchs, and presidents of France.
Inside the fortifications of the Château de Sedan The Protestant church in Sedan, later Catholicized and re-dedicated to Charles Borromeo. The history of Sedan begins in 1424, when Eberhard II von der Mark (1364–1440) (son of Eberhard I von der Mark and grandson of Engelbert II of the Mark, ruler of the County of Mark) began construction of the Château de Sedan in the vicinity of the ...
The Second French Empire, [a] officially the French Empire, [b] was the government of France from 1852 to 1870. It was established on 2 December 1852 by Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, president of France under the French Second Republic, who proclaimed himself Emperor of the French as Napoleon III.
The Battle of Sedan or Second Battle of Sedan (12–15 May 1940) [10] [13] [14] took place in World War II during the Battle of France in 1940. It was part of the German Wehrmacht ' s operational plan codenamed Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) for an offensive through the hilly and forested Ardennes, to encircle the Allied armies in Belgium and north-eastern France.
Sedan Crater, created by the nuclear test; Battle of Sedan, an 1870 Franco-Prussian War battle that resulted in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III; Battle of Sedan (1940), a Second World War battle fought during the German invasion of France; CS Sedan Ardennes, a football club in Sedan, France; Sedan High School, Sedan, Kansas
5 February – Truce of Vaucelles: Fighting temporarily ends between France and Spain. February – Royal edict against women who conceal their pregnancy. [2] Summer – The false Martin Guerre appears in the village of Artigat. 1 September – Dry summer leads to an early and poor harvest and forest fires in Normandy and the north. [3]