Dunkirk: All Data
Dunkirk 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
Dunkirk: 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.
1646 AD
Mentioned in Event: Low Countries Front (France)
1658 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Spanish War (1648-1659)
1658 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Dunkirk (1658), part of Franco-Spanish War (1648-1659)
1658 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of the Dunes
1659 AD
Mentioned in Event: Franco-Spanish War (1648-1659)
1793 AD
Mentioned in: Siege of Dunkirk, part of War of the First Coalition
1870 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Invasion (Franco-Prussian War)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: German Withdrawal (Treaty of Frankfurt of 1871)
1871 AD
Mentioned in Event: War of the Government of National Defence
1940 AD
Mentioned in Event: Central Front of the German Invasion of France (World War II)
1940 AD
Mentioned in: Battle of Dunkirk, part of Central Front of the German Invasion of France (World War II)
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: Clearing the Channel Coast
1944 AD
Mentioned in Event: World War II (Western Front)
1945 AD
Mentioned in Event: The Surrender of German forces