Compiègne

Compiègne (kɔ̃pjɛɲ; Compiène) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. It is located on the river Oise. Its inhabitants are called Compiégnois. Compiègne is the seat of two cantons: Compiègne-1 (with 19 communes and part of Compiègne) Compiègne-2 (with 16 communes and part of Compiègne) 665 - Saint Wilfrid was consecrated Bishop of York. Wilfrid refused to be consecrated in Northumbria at the hands of Anglo-Saxon bishops. Deusdedit, Archbishop of Canterbury, had died, and as there were no other bishops in Britain whom Wilfrid considered to have been validly consecrated, he travelled to Compiègne, to be consecrated by Agilbert, the Bishop of Paris. 757 - Byzantine emperor Constantine V sent to Compiègne a gift for Pepin the short : France's first organ. 833 - Louis the Pious (also known as King Louis I, the Debonair) was deposed in Compiègne. February 888 - Odo, Count of Paris and king of the Franks was crowned in Compiègne. 23 May 1430 - During the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians while attempting to free Compiègne. They then sold her to the English. 1557 - Battle of Saint Quentin 1558 - The English occupy Compiegne 1624 - Compiègne gave its name to the Treaty of Compiègne, a treaty of alliance concluded by Cardinal Richelieu with the Dutch. 1630 - Marie de' Medici's attempts to displace Richelieu ultimately led to her exile to Compiègne, from where she escaped to Brussels in 1631. 17 July 1794 - The Martyrs of Compiègne are executed in Paris during the Reign of Terror. 1900 - The golf events for the 1900 Summer Olympics took place. 11 November 1918 - The Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), agreed at Le Francport near Compiègne, ends fighting of World War I 22 June 1940 - Another Armistice with France (Second Compiègne) was signed between Nazi Germany and the defeated France in Le Francport, near Compiègne, in the same place as in 1918, in the same railroad carriage, but with the seats swapped. 1941 - During the German occupation of France, the Compiègne internment camp was established in Compiègne.