Historical Events
- 1340-06-24 English fleet destroys the French at the battle of Sluys (the Hundred Years' War)
Battle of Crécy
1346-08-26 Battle of Crécy, south of Calais in northern France; Edward III's English longbows defeat Philip VI's army, cannons used for first time in battle
Battle of Poitiers
1356-09-19 English forces under Edward the Black Prince defeat French at the Battle of Poitiers and capture the French King John II during the Hundred Years' War
- 1360-05-08 Treaty of Brétigny signed by English & French, ending the first phase of the Hundred Years' War
- 1360-10-24 The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War
King Henry V
1413-03-21 Henry of Monmouth, Prince of Wales, becomes King Henry V of England upon the death of his father
Defiance in the Hundred Years' War
1415-08-11 Henry V of England and an army of 12,000 sail from Southampton, England, bound for France on a campaign to reassert English sovereignty [1]
- 1415-10-25 Battle of Agincourt: Henry V's forces defeat larger French army, and the longbow defeats the armored knight (Azincourt, France)
- 1419-01-19 French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years' War
- 1420-05-21 Treaty of Troyes: Henry V of England and his heirs will inherit the throne of France upon the death of King Charles VI of France (later rendered moot by the military victory of Charles VII)
- 1420-12-01 Henry V of England enters Paris
- 1423-07-31 Hundred Years' War: Battle of Cravant - the French army is defeated by the English on the banks of the river Yonne in Burgundy
- 1429-02-12 Battle of the Herrings fought during Hundred Years' War when French and Scottish troops unsuccessfully attack English convoy (carrying barrels of herrings) near Rouvray
Siege of Orleans
1429-04-29 Joan of Arc arrives at the siege of Orleans
- 1429-05-07 English siege of Orleans broken by Joan of Arc and the French army
- 1429-06-11 Hundred Years' War: the start of the Battle of Jargeau (France)
- 1431-05-30 Hundred Years' War: 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France
- 1450-04-15 Battle of Formigny: French defeat the English decisively in the Hundred Years' War, paving the way for the capture of English strongholds in Normandy
- 1453-07-17 Battle of Castillon: French army beats English force under John Talbot, turning point of the Hundred Years' War
- 1453-10-19 French retake Bordeaux following the Battle of Castillon
Famous Birthdays
- 1389-06-20 John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, born in Kenilworth, England (d. 1435)
- 1395-03-18 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader during the Hundred Years' War, born in Dartington, Devonshire, England (d. 1447)
Famous Deaths
- 1346-08-26 Charles II of Alençon, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1297)
- 1346-08-26 Rudolph, Duke of Lorraine, killed in the Battle of Crécy (b. 1320)
- 1356-09-19 Peter I, Duke of Bourbon, killed at the Battle of Poitiers (b. 1311)
- 1384-09-20 Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1360-84) and King of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies while on the march at 45
- 1415-10-25 Phillip II, Count of Nevers, French earl, dies in the Battle of Agincourt at 25 or 26 [birthday uncertain]
- 1415-10-25 Robert of Bar, Count of Marle, French knight, dies in the Battle of Agincourt at 24 or 25 [birthday uncertain]
- 1435-09-14 John Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Bedford, English prince, general (Hundred Years' War) and statesman, dies at 46
- 1447-08-05 John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, English military leader during the Hundred Years' War, dies at 52
- 1453-07-17 John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, English nobleman and military leader during the Hundred Years' War, killed in battle at 65 or 66 in the Battle of Castillon when his horse was fatally struck by an artillery shell and fell on top of him pinning him to the ground and allowing a French soldier to finish him off with a battleaxe