Battle of Cassel

When

23 Aug 1328

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

50.80° N, 2.49° E

Description

1328 battle of the Flemish Coast Uprising

1328 battle of the 1323–1328 Flemish revolt

On 23 August 1328, the Battle of Cassel took place near the city of Cassel, 30 km south of Dunkirk in present-day France. Philip VI fought Nicolaas Zannekin, a wealthy farmer from Lampernisse. Zannekin was the leader of a band of Flemish rebels. The fighting erupted over taxation and punitive edicts of the French over the Flemish. The battle was won decisively by the French.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Cassel: French troops stop an uprising of Flemish farmers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht von Cassel werden aufständische Flamen von einem französischen Heer besiegt”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Philippe VI de Valois tente de consolider son autorité en écrasant au Mont Cassel, près de Lille, les Flamands insurgés contre leur comte, Louis de Nevers”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “битва при Касселе”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page