Verdun: All Data
Verdun is a city in France and Monaco. This page covers its chronology of mentions across 5,500 years of history, including capitals, battles, events and subdivisions. Part of Phersu Atlas.
1. Lists and Timelines
Verdun: 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
Mentioned in Event: Incoronation of Otto I
962 AD
Capital of Verdun Prince-Bishopric
1221 AD
Capital of Imperial City of Verdun
1792 AD
Mentioned in Event: Battle of Valmy
1792 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Verdun (1792), part of Battle of Valmy
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Government of National Defence
1873 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal (Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871)
1916 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War I western Front
1916 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Verdun, part of World War I western Front
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Fall Rot
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Operation Dragoon