Mons: All Data
1. Lists and Timelines
Mons: Chronology of Mentions
Note: For polities of antiquity, the listed capital or subdivision capital may also represent one or several of the most important cities of the region.
962 AD
Capital of Hennegau County
1572 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dutch Revolt
1572 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mons (1572), part of Eighty Years' War
1691 AD
Mentioned in Event: Low Countries Theatre (Nine Years' War)
1691 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Mons (1691), part of Nine Years' War
1709 AD
Mentioned in Event: Dutch and German Theatre (War of the Spanish Succession)
1792 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Jemappes
1914 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Offensive in Flanders (World War I)
1914 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Mons, part of German Offensive in Flanders (World War I)
1918 AD
Mentioned in Event: Hundred Days Offensive
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Overall Frontline (Belgium and France)
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Siegfried Line campaign