 From February to May 1638, a plague episode made victims in Ledringhem.1646 taking of Furnes, Dunkirk and Courtrai by Duc d'Enghien
1652 Dunkirk taken back by the Spanish.On 14 June 1658, Spanish troops of Condé and Juan José de Austria had a severe defeat at the battle of the Dunes, near Dunkirk.