Imperial City of Aachen

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Establishment

• January 1166: The residence of Charlemagne was an old royal property. The Charlemagne Privilege, a charter of liberty dated January 8, 1166, gave Aachen city rights as well as the right to market and mint coins and raised it to the status of an imperial city.

Chronology

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1. French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Were a series of conflicts between France and several European monarchies between 1792 and 1815. They encompass first the French Revolutionary Wars against the newly declared French Republic and from 1803 onwards the Napoleonic Wars against First Consul and later Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. They include the Coalition Wars as a subset: seven wars waged by various military alliances of great European powers, known as Coalitions, against Revolutionary France - later the First French Empire - and its allies.

1.1. War of the First Coalition

Were a series of wars between the Kingdom of France (later the French Republic) and several European Monarchies. The French Revolution had deteriorated the relations of France with the other European countries, that tried several times to invade France in order to crash the revolutionary government.

1.1.1. Flanders Campaign

Was a French military campaign in the Flanders.

• December 1794: By 28 December the French had occupied the Bommelwaard and the Lands of Altena.

Disestablishment

• December 1794: By 28 December the French had occupied the Bommelwaard and the Lands of Altena.

Selected Sources

• Guthrie, W. (1798): A New geographical, historical and commercial grammar and present state of the several kingdoms of the world, printed for Charles Dilly and G.G. and J. Robinson, p. 473