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contested ground, 9 engagements

Salses-le-Château: contested ground

The ground around Salses-le-Château was fought over 9 times between 1285 and 1642: 2 battles and 7 sieges, in 6 different wars. All 9 recorded sites lie within a few kilometres of one another.

Siege of SalsesCapture of FraisséSiege of PerpignanSiege of SalsesSiege of SalsesSiege of SalsesBattle of Salses-le-ChâteauSiege of SalsesSiege of PerpignanSiege of PerpignanMarseilleToulouseAndorraToulonMontpellierNîmesBéziersAix-en-Provence200 km42.842N, 2.908E
9 engagements within a few kilometres, coloured by era; the ringed mark is the most widely documented.

In time order

Siege of Salses, 1285Capture of Fraissé, 1390Siege of Perpignan, 1473Siege of Salses, 1503Siege of Perpignan, 1542Siege of Salses, 1639Siege of Salses, 1639Battle of Salses-le-Château, 1639Siege of Salses, 164212851642
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceWar
April 1285Siege of SalsesSalses-le-ChâteauAragonese Crusade
16 August 1390Capture of FraisséFraissé-des-CorbièresWar of the Armanyaguesos
21 April 1473Siege of PerpignanPerpignan
16 September 1503Siege of SalsesSalses-le-ChâteauSecond War of Naples
28 August 1542Siege of PerpignanPerpignanItalian War of 1542–46 Un penesote
9 June 1639Siege of SalsesSalses-le-ChâteauThirty Years' War
1 September 1639Siege of SalsesSalses-le-ChâteauThirty Years' War
2 November 1639Battle of Salses-le-ChâteauSalses-le-ChâteauThirty Years' War
23 March 1642Siege of SalsesSalses-le-ChâteauReapers' War

Contested ground is computed: recorded sites within six kilometres of one another, three or more engagements, in more than one war or across more than fifty years. Coordinates are those recorded in Wikidata and can be approximate.