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Fontainebleau

Town

Town southeast of Paris with a royal palace where Napoleon signed his first abdication in 1814.

View on map 48.40° N, 2.70° E Wikipedia

Held by

1789 – June 21, 1940 France de facto
June 14, 1940 – August 15, 1944 Germany de facto Military occupation
since August 25, 1944 France de facto

Events here 3

November 8, 1785 Treaty of Fontainebleau (1785)
October 27, 1807 Treaty of Fontainebleau (October 1807)
April 11, 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau (1814)