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Also Known As Vlaanderen • Vlaamse Gewest • Flemish Region

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Major Events

Ypres, Belgium, 1918
Battle of Passchendaele
Ypres, Belgium
First Battle of Ypres
John (king of England)
Battle of Bouvines
Scene from the Battle of Messines
Battle of Messines
Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Sluys
Battle of the Golden Spurs

Related Places

France
France
Netherlands
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium

Key People

Jean Mone
French sculptor
Henry Wilmot, 1st earl of Rochester
English noble
Jean Le Bel
French historian