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Maastricht

Roman crossing of the Meuse, shrine of Saint Servatius, and the city that gave its name to the European Union's founding treaty.

Dated events and their evidence

• 50 CE disputed
  Romans bridge the Meuse at Trajectum ad Mosam (1st century CE) source
• 384 CE disputed
  Saint Servatius dies here by tradition; his grave draws the bishopric source
• 1579 CE mainstream
  sacked by the Duke of Parma after a Spanish siege source
• 1673 CE mainstream
  Louis XIV besieges the city; Vauban rewrites siege warfare here source
• 1992 CE mainstream
  the Maastricht Treaty is signed, creating the European Union source

Where

50.8500° N, 5.6833° E

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Maastricht_(1579)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Maastricht_(1673)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty

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