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Events on Thursday 11 October 1646 1
1646French capture of DunkirkSpanish-held port falls to FranceFrench forces captured the fortified port of Dunkirk from Spain on 11 October 1646, during the Franco-Spanish War fought alongside the Thirty Years' War. The city's capture strengthened French control of the Flemish coast. Spain would not recover it permanently.