Siege of Valenciennes (1676–1677)
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Siege of Valenciennes | |||||||
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Part of the Franco-Dutch War | |||||||
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France | Holy Roman Empire | ||||||
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60,000 | 3,000 |
The Siege of Valenciennes, also known as the Siege of Utrecht, took place from November 1676 to March 1677, during the Franco-Dutch War. A French army besieged the city of Valenciennes, which was then a part of the Spanish Netherlands and defended by a small army of the Holy Roman Empire. The city surrendered to the French on March 17. It was formally ceded to France the following year in the Treaty of Nijmegen, which ended the war.