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:This article refers to the city in France. For other places see here.Abbeville is a city in the Picardie région, in the north of France.
1 Location
Abbeville is located on the Somme River, 12 m. from its mouth in the English Channel, and 28 m. nothwest of Amiens.
2 Administration
Abbeville was the chief town of the former province of Ponthieu. Today, it is one of the three sous-préfectures of the Somme département.
3 History
Abbeville first appears in history during the 9th century. At that time belonging to the abbey of St Riquier , it was afterwards governed by the counts of Ponthieu . Together with that county, it came into the possession of the Alençon and other French families, and afterwards into that of the house of CastileA former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. Previously an eastern county of the kingdom of Leon, Castile in the 11th century became an independent realm, from whom by marriage it fell in 1272Events August 6 Stephen V's death makes his son, Ladislaus, King of Hungary. November 20 Following Henry III of England's death on November 16, his son Prince Edward becomes King of England. Count Floris V of Holland makes an unsuccessful attack on Frisia to King Edward I of EnglandYork Minster King Edward I of England ( June 17, 1239 July 7, 1307), popularly known as Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots , achieved fame as the monarch who conquered Wales and who kept Scotland under English domination. He reigned from 1272 to 1307,. French and English were its masters by turns till 1435For alternative meanings, see number 1435. Events September 21 Peace of Arras between Charles VII of France and Philip III of Burgundy, ending the English-Burgundian alliance. Francis of Paola founds the Order of the Minims in Italy. Births January 20 Ash when, by the treaty of ArrasThere have been several treaties of Arras the Treaty of Arras (1435) between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good of Burgundy. the Treaty of Arras (1482) between Louis XI of France and the governments of the Low Countries the Union of Arras, the pled, it was ceded to the Duke of BurgundyThe following is a list of the Dukes of Burgundy Richard of Autun, the Justicier ( 880 921) Rudolph of Burgundy (king of France from 923) ( 921 923) Hugh the Black ( 923 952) Gilbert of Chalon ( 952 956) Odo of Paris ( 956- 965) Otto-Henry the Great ( 965. In 1477Events January 5 Battle of Nancy Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated by the Swiss, and this time is killed. Swedish University of Uppsala founded. November 18 William Caxton produces "Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres", the first English b it was annexed by King Louis XI of FranceLouis XI ( July 3, 1423 August 30, 1483) was a King of France ( 1461 1483). He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou. He was a member of the Valois Dynasty and was one of the most successful kings of France in terms of uniting the country, and was held by two illegitimate branches of the royal family in the 16th and 17th centuries, being in 1696 reunited to the crown.
Abbeville was fairly important in the 18th century, when the Van Robais Royal Manufacture (one of the first major factories in France) brought great prosperity (but some class controversy) to the town. Voltaire, among others, wrote about it. He also wrote about a major incident of intolerance in which a young impoverished lord, the Chevalier de la Barre, was executed there for impiety (supposedly because he did not salute a procession for Corpus Christi, though the story is far more complex than that and revolves around a mutilated cross.)
Historical population:
- 1901: 18,519
- 1906: 18,971
