Siege of Laon
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The siege of Laon was a Frankish siege of the rebel Grifo's fortified city of Laon in 741. The Frankish army under the Mayors of the Palace, the brothers Carloman and Pepin the Short, besieged the fortress and took Grifo, the Mayors' half-brother, captive.
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Location: 49.5633, 3.6236, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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741 Siege of Laon
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | weapon | Paris Gun | siege artillery | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Battle of Soissons (978) | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 486 | Battle of Soissons | battle, Salian Franks, Romain-Gaul domain of Soissons | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 718 | Battle of Soissons | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 741 | Siege of Laon | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 923 | Battle of Soissons | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1411 | Siege of Coucy | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Siege of Soissons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Craonne | France, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Prussia, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1814 | Battle of Laon | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of Soissons | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1870 | Siege of La Fère | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1914 | First Battle of the Aisne | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Sapigneul | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Nivelle Offensive | British Empire, Robert Nivelle, German Empire, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, French Third Republic, Erich Ludendorff, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Russian Expeditionary Force in France, offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Second Battle of the Aisne | Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Charles Mangin, Karl von Einem, Denis Auguste Duchêne, François Anthoine, Joseph Alfred Micheler, Georges Louis Humbert, Olivier Mazel, battle, French Third Republic, Max von Boehn, Fritz von Below, German Empire, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Erich Ludendorff, Robert Nivelle, Russian Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Battle of La Malmaison | battle, Max von Boehn, German Empire, French Third Republic, Paul Maistre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Third Battle of the Aisne | United States, German Empire, French Third Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Soissons | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Fismes and Fismette | battle | Wikidata |
| site | artillery battery | 38 cm SK L/45, emplacement Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Wolfsschlucht II | military camp, military museum, bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Condé-sur-Aisne | military museum, fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de la Malmaison | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 2021 | France 40 Vehicles Museum | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | donjon de Cerny-lès-Bucy | keep | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Tour Penchée de Laon | inclined tower, fortified tower | Wikidata | |