Siege of Arras (1640)
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The siege of Arras took place from 22 June to 9 August 1640, during the Franco-Spanish War that had begun in 1635, a connected conflict of the Thirty Years' War. A French army besieged the Spanish-held town of Arras, capital of the province of Artois, then part of the Spanish Netherlands, which surrendered after holding out for 48 days.
Siege of Arras; the French defeat a Spanish sortie, 8 August
Louis XIII, French ruler from 1610 to 1643
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Savinien de Cyrano de Bergerac was a French novelist, playwright, epistolarian, and duelist.
Savinien I de Cirano, fish merchant
The Vallée de Chevreuse in 1701. You can make out Sous-Forêt and Mauvières just to the west of Chevreuse, on the banks of the Yvette River.
Abraham Bosse (1602–1676), Le Maître d'école.