Siege of Tournai

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Italian War of 1521–26
Pampeluna – Esquiroz – Mézières – Tournai – Bicocca – Genoa – Sesia – Marseille – Italy '24–25 – Pavia

The Siege of Tournai (1521) took place during the Italian War of 1521. An Imperial army besieged the city of Tournai, capturing it from the French in late November; it would remain a Habsburg possession until the independence of Belgium.

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