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Le Cateau-Cambrésis (French pronunciation: [lə kato kɑ̃bʁezi], before 1977: Le Cateau) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. The term Cambrésis indicates that it lies in the county of that name which fell to the Prince-Bishop of Cambrai .
Battle of Le Cateau. Part of the Great Retreat on the Western Front of the First World War. British dead at the Battle of Le Cateau. Date. 26 August 1914. Location. Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France. 50°06′15″N 03°32′40″E. / 50.10417°N 3.54444°E / 50.10417; 3.54444.
- 26 August 1914
- German victory
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Le Cateau-Cambrésis est située dans la vallée de la Selle, affluent de l' Escaut, à l'est du Cambrésis, région historique et naturelle qui borde le Bassin Parisien au nord, entre les collines de l'Artois à l'ouest et la Thiérache à l'est. Autour du Cateau s'étendent des paysages d' openfield parsemés d'un réseau dense de gros villages.
The Treaty of Cateau-Cambrésis or Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis in April 1559 ended the Italian War of 1551–1559, the last of the Italian Wars (1494–1559). It consisted of several separate treaties, the main two signed on 2 April by Elizabeth I of England and Henry II of France, and on 3 April between Henry and Philip II of Spain.
Matisse was born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, in the Nord department in Northern France on New Year's Eve in 1869, the oldest son of a wealthy grain merchant. He grew up in Bohain-en-Vermandois, Picardie. In 1887, he went to Paris to study law, working as a court administrator in Le Cateau-Cambrésis after gaining his
List of the works. Curator. Temporary exhibits. Gallery. See also. References. Matisse Museum (Le Cateau) Coordinates: 50°6′23″N 3°32′27″E. The Matisse Museum ( Musée Départemental Henri Matisse) is a museum in Le Cateau-Cambrésis, France that primarily displays paintings by Henri Matisse.
La paix du Cateau-Cambresis ou la réconciliation symbolique entre la France et l'Espagne. Huile sur bois, école française, XVI siècle, Palazzo Pubblico (Sienne). La paix du Cateau-Cambrésis est formalisée par deux traités signés les 2 et 3 avril 1559.
