1891 Birthday Kenneth A. N. Anderson, British general, Dunkerk, North Africa 1708 Event English pretender to the throne James III flees to Dunkerk 1695 Event English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk 1652 Event Spanish troops occupy Dunkerk 1629 Event Sea battle at Dungeness: Piet Heyn vs Dunkerk Cape 1583 Event Spanish and Walloon troops conquer Dunkerk
