100 Year of War

By jacohen
  • Jan 1, 1336

    The Fleming's Revolt

    The Fleming's Revolt
    Philip VI arrested all English merchants in Flanders and took away the privileges of the Flemish towns and the craft guilds. The Flemings revolted against French control and made an alliance with England.
  • Jan 1, 1337

    Edward the III invades France

    Edward the III invades France
    Edward the III invades France. He refused to acknowledge his fealty to Philip VI of France, who responded by confiscating the duchy of Aquitaine in 1337.
  • Jul 1, 1346

    Edward III arrives at Normandy

    Edward III arrives at Normandy
    Edward III landed in Normandy with an army of about 10,000 men, The French pursued him to Crécy, where the English occupied the side of a little hill.
  • Jan 1, 1356

    Poitiers

    Poitiers
    At Poitiers (1356) the Black Prince with a small army of Englishmen was confronted by an overwhelming French force.
  • Jan 1, 1360

    Treaty between England and France

    Treaty between England and France
    The horrors of a peasants’ revolt and civil strife were now added to the miseries of France. A treaty with England was finally concluded at Bretigny in 1360, by which King John was to pay a large money ransom and Edward III was to have Guienne, Crécy, and Calais in full sovereignty. In return Edward renounced all claim to the French crown.
  • Jan 1, 1369

    Charles V broke the treaty

    Charles V broke the treaty
    But in 1369 the new king of France, Charles V, physically weak but intellectually strong, found an excuse for breaking the treaty and renewing the war
  • Jan 1, 1413

    Accession of Henry V

    Accession of Henry V
    Soon after the accession in 1413 of Henry V, the hero king of England, the struggle began again.
  • Jan 1, 1420

    Treaty of Troyes

    Treaty of Troyes
    By the Treaty of Troyes (1420) the defeated and disunited French agreed that Henry V should marry Catherine of Valois, the daughter of Charles VI of France. It was further agreed that during Charles’s lifetime Henry should act as regent and that after Charles’s death Henry should reign as king of France as well as of England.
  • Jan 1, 1429

    France’s Joan of Arc relieves siege at Orleans

    France’s Joan of Arc relieves siege at Orleans
    The Siege of Orléans (1428–1429) marked a turning point in the Hundred Years' War between France and England. This was Joan of Arc's first major military victory and the first major French success to follow the crushing defeat at Agincourt in 1415.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    100 Year War ends

    100 Year War ends
    . Little by little they drove the English back. Finally the war ended in 1453 with only Calais remaining in English hands. Instead of winning the French throne for the English king, the Hundred Years’ War had lost for him the last of those continental possessions that had once been held by Henry II.