Name: Siege of Lille (1667)
Start: 1667
Location: Siege of Lille (1667)

Siege of Lille (1667) 1667

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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate. Wikidata lists more than one location for this battle; the first is shown.

Key facts

Year	1667	Wikidata P585 (point in time)
Era	Early modern (1500–1799)	derived from year
Location	France	Natural Earth (modern borders)
Continent	Europe	Natural Earth
War / conflict	War of Devolution	Wikidata P361
Coordinates	50.6292, 3.0573	Wikidata P625

About the battle

The siege of Lille took place during the War of Devolution. Louis XIV's forces besieged Lille from 28 August to 26 September 1667. It was the only major engagement of the war. Lille was the first major victory for Vauban’s siege techniques. Louis XIV, arguing that the Spanish dowry of his wife Maria Theresa of Spain had not been paid, began to expand French borders to the north and east, invading the Spanish Netherlands. This began a conflict with Spain that became the War of Devolution. After taking Charleroi, Tournai, and Douai, French troops laid siege to Lille, at that time part of the county of Flanders under Spanish rule. Siege techniques applied by the French military engineer Vauban were instrumental in their capture.

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