Battle of Sedan
battle · 1870 AD
Battle of Sedan, a battle recorded 1870 AD: its site mapped, cited to 1 source, on an interactive historical map you can move through time.
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At a glance
- Kind
- battle
- Date
- 1 September 1870 AD
- War
- Franco-Prussian War
- Side 1
- Prussia — led by Helmuth von Moltke
- Side 2
- France — led by Napoleon III, Patrice de MacMahon
- Result
- German victory; Napoleon III captured
Recorded boundaries
| Period | Control | Confidence | Evidence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870 AD | — | high confidence | no observation date recorded | — |
Each row is a snapshot the source recorded, not a continuous history. The period between two observations is an inference this atlas shows rather than hides.
Sources
- Tony Jaques, Dictionary of Battles and Sieges: A Guide to 8,500 Battles from Antiquity through the Twenty-first Century, (2007)