Group or institution

French forces

Events
3
Episodes
3
Years
1643–1885

Every event in Historedia whose sources name French forces, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Pillage of Baden-Baden by the French

    1643

    Role: Perpetrators of the pillage

    1. 1643 · Baden-BadenFrench Plunder of Baden-Baden

      French forces plundered Baden-Baden in 1643, causing severe suffering for the town during the Thirty Years' War.

  2. Fall of Charleroi

    1693

    Role: Capturing power

    1. 1693 · CharleroiFrench Capture of Charleroi

      French forces captured the city of Charleroi in 1693, following its earlier cession to Spain in 1678.

  3. French victory at Kép ends Chinese intervention in Tonkin

    1885

    Role: Combatant

    1. 14 April 1885 · KépBattle of Kép

      The final engagement of the Sino-French War occurred on 14 April 1885 at Kép, where French forces repelled a Chinese attack.

Sources

  1. Baden-Baden Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-18
  2. Charleroi Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
  3. Sino-French War Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-12