 On 22 May 1659, France, England and Netherlands signed the "Hedges Concerto" treaty.1659 Treaty of the Pyrenees
1662 Sale of Dunkirk by the English to the French
1672 Franco-Dutch War
1677 Battle of Cassel 
1678 taking of Saint-Omer, Treaties of Nijmegen, end of the war

Parts of Flanders became a French possession following the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1668, ending the War of Devolution (1667–1668) which saw Louis XIV's French armies overrun the Habsburg-controlled Spanish Netherlands.With the fall of the fortresses of Bergues (6 June 1667), Louis XIV took hold of Ledringhem, part of the Châtellenie.