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The emperor finally succeeded in concentrating his forces at Valenciennes, although John was out of the picture, and in the interval Philip Augustus had counter marched northward and regrouped.
She was married to Edward, first by proxy, when Edward dispatched the Bishop of Coventry " to marry her in his name " in Valenciennes ( second city in importance of the county of Hainaut ) in October 1327.
Philippa was born in Valenciennes, county of Hainaut, in the Low Countries, a daughter of William I, Count of Hainaut, nicknamed the Good, and Joan of Valois, the granddaughter of Philip III of France.
As the king was in the North, a number of the Flemings returned home without proceeding further than London, but Paon de Ruet was one of those who remained in England in the retinue of Philippa of Hainaut, accompanying the young queen in her departure from Valenciennes to join her youthful husband Edward III in England at the close of 1327.
Valenciennes (" Valencijn " on the map ) was the most southerly town attacked.
The substantial Porte de Valenciennes town gate, a reminder of the town's past military importance, was built in 1453.
Froissart originated from Valenciennes, Hainaut, and his writings suggest his father was a painter of armorial bearings.
The solemn rejoicing of the wedding was celebrated at Valenciennes with an abundance of knights and ladies and men of whatever status.
Cuvier's researches on fish, begun in 1801, finally culminated in the publication of the Histoire naturelle des poissons, which contained descriptions of 5000 species of fishes, and was the joint production of Cuvier and Achille Valenciennes.
Michallon also exposed him to the principles of the French Neoclassic tradition, as espoused in the famous treatise of theorist Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes, and exemplified in the works of French Neoclassicists Claude Lorrain and Nicolas Poussin, whose major aim was the representation of ideal Beauty in nature, linked with events in ancient times.
He won several notable engagements, such as the Siege of Valenciennes in July 1793, but was defeated at the Battle of Hondschoote in September 1793.
On the substitutes ' bench for a match against Valenciennes, Platini was spat on and hit by various objects thrown from the crowd when a fight broke out in the stands.
Watteau was born in the town of Valenciennes, which had recently passed from the Spanish Netherlands to France.
Wallon was born at Valenciennes, Nord on 23 December in 1812.
By the Treaties of Aix-la-Chapelle ( ending the War of Devolution in 1668 ) and Nijmegen ( ending the Franco-Dutch War in 1678 ), further territory up to the current Franco-Belgian border was ceded, including Lilloise Flanders ( around the city of Lille ), as well as half of the county of Hainaut ( including Valenciennes ).
In 1993, the same year that Olympique de Marseille won the Champions League, he was accused of fixing the match between his club and minor club Valenciennes ; the motivation seemed to be that, in this way, he could save his best players for important matches and not waste their energy.
To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II, while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes ( 1013 ) and parts of the Cambresis and Hainaut.
Much of Berri's film was shot on location in the Lens and Valenciennes regions of northern France, and the extensive unemployment and poverty the cast and crew still witnessed there led to the formation of a society, " Germinal l ' association ", headed by Depardieu, to alleviate the suffering caused by crippling unemployment in the départements comprising the region of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
In 1977, he was lured to Europe by the French club Valenciennes.
She served as a drummer-boy in the battle for Valenciennes, where captain Bowen was killed.
In April 1337, Montagu was appointed to a diplomatic commission to Valenciennes, to establish alliances with Flanders and the German princes.
The 1999 census recorded that the population of the commune of Valenciennes was 41, 278, and that of the metropolitan area was 399, 677.

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* Valenciennes – French bobbin lace with a net-like background originating in the 18th century
But Dumouriez, who had been training his raw troops at Valenciennes in constant small engagements, with the purpose of invading Belgium, now threw himself into the Argonne by a rapid and daring flank march, almost under the eyes of the Prussian advance guard, and barred the Paris road, summoning Kellermann to his assistance from Metz.
It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.
File: Carpeaux Valenciennes 080810 26 Ville. jpg | Patinated plaster model for Valenciennes defending the arts of peace with the arts of war
Émile Basly ( March 29, 1854 in Valenciennes, France – February 11, 1928 in Lens, France ) is one of the great figures of trade unionism in mining in the mineral field of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, along with Arthur Lamendin.
In 1524, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, arrived at Valenciennes, and — even when Henry II of France allied with him against the Protestants in 1552 — Valenciennes became ( c. 1560 ) an early center of Calvinism and in 1562 was location of the first act of resistance against persecution of Protestants in the Spanish Netherlands.
The Gare de Valenciennes railway station offers connections with Lille, Paris and several regional destinations.
At 2 a. m. on 24 August, II Corps was ordered to retreat southwest into France with the goal of reaching defensibile positions along the Valenciennes to Maubeuge road.
The 1st Battalion took part in the Battle of Famars on 23 May and the Siege of Valenciennes ( 1793 ) which began that same month, with the town eventually falling to the Allies in July that year.
He also worked with Pierrette Broodthaers to open the " Broodthaers & Bertrand " art gallery, and worked with the Museum of Contemporary Art in Valenciennes and Belgian artist Jacques Charlier to produce 120 Andy Warhol-style portraits.
He began writing on the butterflies of Cuba and acquiring knowledge on fish, later supplying Georges Cuvier and Valenciennes with fish specimens from Cuba.
In his debut game after returning to Lyon, Malbranque played a superb game against Valenciennes being paired with Maxime Gonalons in midfield and helped his team win the game 3-2.
Their Ligue 1 was finally secured on the last day of the season with a 2 – 1 home win against Valenciennes.
Rearguard actions were fought during the Pursuit to the Selle ( 9 October ), Battle of Courtrai ( 14 October ), Battle of Mont-D ’ Origny () ( 15 October ), Battle of the Selle ( 17 October ), Battle of Lys and Escaut () ( 20 October ) ( including the subsidiary Battle of the Lys and Battle of the Escaut ), Battle of the Serre () ( 20 October ), Battle of Valenciennes ( 1 November ) and the Battle of the Sambre ( including the Second Battle of Guise () ( 4 November ) and the Battle of Thiérache () ( 4 November ), with fighting continuing until the last minutes before the Armistice took effect at 11: 00 on 11 November 1918.
03 Signed MOU with Siegen University ( Germany ) and University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis ( France )
On 4 July 2008, Biševac officially signed a four year contract with Valenciennes FC for an undisclosed fee.
In September 1837, Hoffmann von Fallersleben visited the library of Valenciennes with the intention of unearthing the lost text of the Ludwigslied.

Valenciennes and outside
In 1655 French armies gained more ground, but in 1656 Turenne suffered a serious defeat at Valenciennes, and though the causes of the defeat had been largely outside his control, he again showed his ability to recover from an outcome that would have overwhelmed lesser generals.

Valenciennes and its
The history of the current municipality of Oudenaarde starts in 974, when Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Germany, built one of its three fortifications on the Scheldt at Ename to protect his kingdom against possible attacks from Francia ( the other two frontier posts were at Valenciennes and Antwerp ).
In the 15th century, the County of Hainault, of which Valenciennes is part, was re-attached to Burgundy, losing its autonomy.
Valenciennes, rich in artistic talent, became known as the Athens of the North, underlining its artistic influence.
Valenciennes is historically renowned for its lace.
In 2001, Toyota built its Western European assembly line for the Toyota Yaris in Valenciennes.

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