1337 to 1453
EDWARDIAN WAR: 1337 to 1360
1337:
- Philip of France invited to meet delegation from England
- arrière-ban proclaimed by throughout the Kingdom of France
1340:
- Edward III declared himself ‘King of France and the French Royal Arms’
- Battle of Sluys
1345: Battle of Auberoche
1346:
- Battle of Crécy
- Henry of Lancaster’s chevauchee
1347: Siege of Calais
1347: Battle of La Roche-Derrien
1348: Black Death – pause in fighting
1348: the Jacquerie peasant revolt in France
1350:
- Battle of Calais
- Battle of Winchelsea
1351: Battle of the Thirty
1355: Black Princes’ Chevauchee
1356: Battle of Poitiers – French King John captured
1357: Truce of Bordeaux
1360:
- Black Monday – freak hailstorm devastated English army, forced peace talks
- Treaty of Bretigny – Edward III renounces claim to French throne in exchange for Duchy of Aquitaine
1364: King John of France died in London
1367: Battle of Najare
CAROLINE WAR: 1369 TO 1389
1369: French king summoned the Black Prince to Paris – refused – Charles declares war
1370: John Chandos killed in skirmish near Lussac-les-Châteaux.
1372:
- Poitiers retaken by French
- English naval defeat at La Rochelle
1373: Chevauchee led by John of Gaunt
1375: Treaty of Bruges – 12-month truce
1376: Black Prince dies
1377: Edward III dies – Richard II – child king
1380:
- Charles V dies – Charles VI – aged 11 another child king – regency rule
- Earl of Buckingham – Chevauchee
1381: Peasant’s Revolt in England
1382: Harelle revolt in Rouen
1383 – 1385: Portuguese interregnum
1386: Philip II of Burgundy – planned invasion of England – fail due to autumn weather
1388: negotiations resume with France
1389: Truce of Luelinghem
1389 to 1415: Second Peace
1392: Charles VI descends becomes psychotic
1399: John of Gaunt dies
1399: Henry of Bolingbroke deposes Richard II – becomes King Henry IV
1400: Welsh rebellion – Owain Glyndwr –
1402: Scottish defeated at Battle of Homildon Hill
1403: Battle of Shrewsbury
1413: Henry V crowned king of England
1415: Glyndwr Rising finally put down – period of Welsh semi-independence
LANCASTRIAN WAR – 1415 – 1453
1415:
- Henry V invades Normandy
- Battle of Agincourt
1420: Treaty of Troyes
1421: Battle of Bauge – Duke of Clarence killed
1422:
- Henry V dies of dysentery
- Charles VI dies
1424: Battle of Verneuil
1428: Siege of Orleans
1429:
- Joan of Arc – inspired by her the French raised the siege
- English army routed near Patay
1429:
- Charles VII crowned king of France
- Siege of Paris lifted
- Henry VI crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey
1430: Joan of Arc captured at the siege of Compiegne
1431
- Henry VI crowned king of France at Notre Dame
- Joan of Arc burned at the stake
1435: Treaty of Arras
1449: French retake Rouen
1450: Battle of Formigny
1451: Gascony surrendered
1452: John Talbot retakes Gascony
1453:
- John Talbot dies
- Battle of Castillon – considered the last battle of the Hundred Years’ War
England and France remained formally at war for another 20 years
1455: Wars of the Roses
1475: Treaty of Picquigny – formally ended the Hundred Years’ War