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France and Luxembourg compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
10 August 843 — The Treaty of Verdun gives Charles the Bald West Francia
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- 2026-08-10
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8 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 26 Aug 1346
Death of John the Blind at Crecy
Blind in his final years, John of Luxembourg insisted on joining the fighting and was killed at the Battle of Crecy on the side of France, becoming an emblematic figure of Luxembourg's chivalric past.
War & Rupture · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The House of Luxembourg and the Imperial Duchy · History of the city of Luxembourg, The history of the Nassau dynasty
- 7 Nov 1659
Treaty of the Pyrenees: the First Partition
The peace between France and Spain ceded a southern band of the duchy, including Thionville, Montmedy and Stenay, to Louis XIV's France, the first partition of Luxembourg's territory.
War & Rupture · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Gibraltar of the North and the First Partition · Treaty of the Pyrenees (1659), History of the city of Luxembourg
- 1684
Louis XIV takes the fortress; Vauban rebuilds it
French forces captured Luxembourg City in 1684, and the engineer Vauban remodelled its fortifications before the stronghold was later returned to Spanish rule.
War & Rupture · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Gibraltar of the North and the First Partition · History of the city of Luxembourg, History of the City of Luxembourg
- 1795
Revolutionary France captures the fortress
After a long blockade, French Revolutionary forces took the fortress in 1795 and Luxembourg was annexed to the French Republic, ending the era of Habsburg rule.
War & Rupture · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Gibraltar of the North and the First Partition · History of the City of Luxembourg, History of the city of Luxembourg
- 1839
Treaty of London: the cession to Belgium
The 1839 Treaty of London partitioned the Grand Duchy a third time, ceding its larger French-speaking western half to the new kingdom of Belgium while confirming the independence of the German-speaking remainder.
Politics & Power · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Grand Duchy, the Second and Third Partitions, and Neutrality · The history of the Nassau dynasty, History of the city of Luxembourg
- 11 May 1867
Treaty of London: neutrality and the razing of the fortress
After the Luxembourg Crisis between France and Prussia, the powers guaranteed the Grand Duchy's perpetual neutrality, withdrew the Prussian garrison and ordered the fortress dismantled, a demolition completed in 1883.
Politics & Power · from the Luxembourg chronicle · The Grand Duchy, the Second and Third Partitions, and Neutrality · The history of the Nassau dynasty, History of the city of Luxembourg
- 2 Aug 1914
German invasion in the First World War
German forces occupied neutral Luxembourg on 2 August 1914 to control its railways for the advance on France, holding the country until November 1918 despite its formal protest.
War & Rupture · from the Luxembourg chronicle · Two World Wars and the End of Neutrality · Occupation of Luxembourg (1914-1918), Luxembourg (1914-1918)
- 1951
Founding member of the ECSC
Following the Schuman Declaration of 9 May 1950, Luxembourg joined Belgium, France, Italy, the Netherlands and West Germany as a founding member of the European Coal and Steel Community, operating from 1952.
Politics & Power · from the Luxembourg chronicle · A Founder of the New Europe · The Schuman Declaration, 9 May 1950, The history of the European Union, 1945-59