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This is a list of major battles in the Hundred Years' War

Hundred Years' War

The Hundred Years' War was a series of separate wars waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Valois and the House of Plantagenet, also known as the House of Anjou, for the French throne, which had become vacant upon the extinction of the senior Capetian line of French kings...

, a conflict between France and England that lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453.

Year	Battle	Victor	Details
1337	Battle of Cadsand Battle of Cadsand The Battle of Cadzand was a minor battle of the Hundred Years War fought in 1337. It consisted of a raid on the Flemish island of Cadzand, designed to provoke a reaction and battle from the local garrison and so improve morale in England and amongst King Edward III's continental allies by providing...	England	Initiates hostilities. The Flemish defenders of the island were thrown into disorder by the first use of the English longbow on Continental soil.
1340	Battle of Sluys Battle of Sluys The decisive naval Battle of Sluys , also called Battle of l'Ecluse was fought on 24 June 1340 as one of the opening conflicts of the Hundred Years' War...	England	24 June Edward III destroys the Franco-Genoese Genoa Genoa \|Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria.... fleet of Philip VI of France Philip VI of France Philip VI , known as the Fortunate and of Valois, was the King of France from 1328 to his death. He was also Count of Anjou, Maine, and Valois from 1325 to 1328... off the coast of Flanders Flanders Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp... ensuring England will not be invaded and that the majority of the war will be fought in France.
1345	Battle of Auberoche Battle of Auberoche The Battle of Auberoche was a significant action between English and French forces during the early stages of the Hundred Years War. It was fought at the village of Auberoche near Périgueux in Gascony. At the time, Gascony was territory of the English crown and the English army was largely made up...	England	A longbow victory by Henry, Earl of Derby against a French army at Auberoche in Gascony.
1346	Battle of Crécy Battle of Crécy The Battle of Crécy took place on 26 August 1346 near Crécy in northern France, and was one of the most important battles of the Hundred Years' War...	England	26 August English longbowmen soundly defeat French cavalry near the river Somme in Picardy Picardy This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France... .
1346–1347	Siege of Calais Siege of Calais The Siege of Calais began in 1346, towards the beginning of what would later be called the Hundred Years' War. Edward III of England, who was at the time claiming dominion over France as well, defeated the French navy at Sluys in 1340, then went on to make raids throughout Normandy, culminating at...	England	On 1 August 1347, the city surrendered. Edward allowed the surviving citizenry to live, so, after providing them with some provisions, he allowed them to leave the city.
1350	Les Espagnols sur Mer Les Espagnols sur Mer The naval Battle of Les Espagnols sur Mer , or the Battle of Winchelsea, took place on 29 August 1350 and was a victory for an English fleet of 50 ships commanded by Edward III, with the Black Prince, over a Castilian fleet of 40 ships commanded by Don Carlos de la Cerda...	England	English fleet defeats Castilian fleet in a close fight.
1351	Combat of the Thirty Combat of the Thirty The Combat of the Thirty [known as Combat des Trente in French] was an episode in the struggle for the succession to the Duchy of Brittany...	France	Thirty French Knights from Chateau Josselin Josselin Josselin is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.-History:St Meriadek is said to have founded a chapel there during the 4th century... under Beaumanoir Beaumanoir Beaumanoir was a seigniory in what is now the department of Côtes-d'Armor, France, which gave its name to an illustrious family.* Philippe de Rémi , French poet and bailiff* Philippe de Rémi , French jurist and royal official... call out and defeat thirty English Knights under Pembroke and Robert Bramborough Combat of the Thirty The Combat of the Thirty [known as Combat des Trente in French] was an episode in the struggle for the succession to the Duchy of Brittany... .
		England	French army under De Nesle defeated by English under Bentley at Mauron in Brittany, De Nesle killed.
1352	Battle of Mauron	England	10 August, small victory of Brittany-English forces against Brittany-French ones.
1353	Capture of Saint-Jean-d'Angély	France
1353	Capture of Lusignan	France
1353	Battle of Comborn	England
1354	Battle of Montmuran	France	Easter 1354, victory of Brittany-French forces against English ones.
1356	Battle of Poitiers Battle of Poitiers (1356) The Battle of Poitiers was fought between the Kingdoms of England and France on 19 September 1356 near Poitiers, resulting in the second of the three great English victories of the Hundred Years' War: Crécy, Poitiers, and Agincourt....	England	Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France John II of France John II , called John the Good , was the King of France from 1350 until his death. He was the second sovereign of the House of Valois and is perhaps best remembered as the king who was vanquished at the Battle of Poitiers and taken as a captive to England.The son of Philip VI and Joan the Lame,... , France plunged into chaos.
1364	Battle of Cocherel	France	16 May, near Houlbec-Cocherel, victory of Brittany-Burgundy-Gascony forces against Navarrese-English ones.
1364	Battle of Auray Battle of Auray The Battle of Auray took place on 29 September 1364 at the French town of Auray. This battle was the decisive confrontation of the Breton War of Succession, a part of the Hundred Years' War....	England	29 September, end of Breton War of Succession Breton War of Succession The Breton War of Succession was a conflict between the Houses of Blois and Montfort for control of the Duchy of Brittany. It was fought between 1341 and 1364. It formed an integral part of the early Hundred Years War due to the involvement of the French and English governments in the conflict; the... Du Guesclin captured.
1367	Battle of Nájera (Navarette)	England	Black Prince defeats a Castilian/French army at Nájera Nájera Nájera is a small town located in the "Rioja Alta" region of La Rioja, Spain on the river Najerilla. Nájera is a stopping point on the Way of St James.-History:... in Castile.
1369	Battle of Montiel	France	14 March, in Castille, Castilian/French army defeats a Castilian/Portuguese force.
1370	Battle of Pontvallain	France	4 December, the Brittany-French army defeats English forces.
1372	Battle of La Rochelle Battle of La Rochelle The naval Battle of La Rochelle took place on 22 and 23 June 1372 between a Castilian and French fleet commanded by the Genoese born Ambrosio Boccanegra and an English convoy commanded by John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The Franco-Castilian fleet had been sent to attack the English at La...	France	Castilian-French fleet defeats the English fleet, leading to loss of dominance at sea and French piracy and coastal raids.
1380		France	Castilian fleet commanded by Fernando Sánchez de Tovar Fernando Sánchez de Tovar Fernando Sánchez de Tovar or Fernán Sánchez de Tovar was a significant Castilian soldier and Admiral of the Middle Ages.-Soldier of Castile:... sacks and burns English port towns.
1382	Battle of Roosebeke	France	27 November, a French-Burgondy-Brittany-Norman army defeats a Flemish force twice more numerous.
1385	French invasion of Scotland	England	Jean de Vienne Jean de Vienne Jean de Vienne was a French knight, general and Admiral of France during the Hundred Years' War.-Early life:Jean de Vienne was born at Dole, in what is now Franche-Comté. As a nobleman, he started his military career at the age of 19, and was made a knight at 21.-Career:By the age of 24, de Vienne... , having successfully strengthened the French naval situation, lands an army in Scotland, but is forced to retreat.
1415	Battle of Agincourt Battle of Agincourt The Battle of Agincourt was a major English victory against a numerically superior French army in the Hundred Years' War. The battle occurred on Friday, 25 October 1415 , near modern-day Azincourt, in northern France...	England	25 October, English longbowmen under Henry V Henry V of England Henry V was King of England from 1413 until his death at the age of 35 in 1422. He was the second monarch belonging to the House of Lancaster.... defeat French under Charles d'Albert.
1416		England	English defeat numerically greater French army at Valmont Valmont Valmont may refer to various incarnations of the character in the story Les Liaisons dangereuses .Vicomte Sébastien de Valmont, a character in the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Choderlos de Laclos.... near Harfleur Harfleur -Population:-Places of interest: The church of St-Martin, dating from the fourteenth century.* The seventeenth century Hôtel de Ville .* Medieval ramparts * The fifteenth century museums of fishing and of archaeology and history.... .
1417		England	Naval victory in the River Seine Seine The Seine is a -long river and an important commercial waterway within the Paris Basin in the north of France. It rises at Saint-Seine near Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plateau, flowing through Paris and into the English Channel at Le Havre . It is navigable by ocean-going vessels... under Bedford
1418	Siege of Rouen Siege of Rouen At the time of the Siege of Rouen , the city had a population of 70,000, making it one of the leading cities in France, and its capture crucial to the Normandy campaign during the Hundred Years' War....	England	31 July ? 19 January 1419, Henry V of England re-gains a foothold in Normandy.
1419	Battle of La Rochelle	France	Castilian fleet defeats Anglo-Hanseatic fleet.
1420	Battle of Fresnay	England	3 March, the Battle resulted in the defeat of a large Franco-Scottish army.
1421	Battle of Baugé Battle of Baugé The Battle of Baugé, fought between the English and the Franco-Scots on 21 March 1421 in Baugé, France, east of Angers, was a major defeat for the English in the Hundred Years' War...	France	22 March, the French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an outmanoeuvred English force commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
1423	Battle of Cravant Battle of Cravant The Battle of Cravant was an encounter fought on 31 July 1423, during the Hundred Years' War between English and French forces, a victory for the English and their Burgundian allies. After the Treaty of Troyes in 1420, the English king was permitted to occupy all the country north of the Loire...	England	31 July, the French and Scottish army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1423	Battle of La Brossinière Battle of La Brossinière The Battle of La Brossinière or Battle of la Gravelle was a battle of the Hundred Years' War on 26 September 1423...	France	26 September, Brittany-French forces annihilates an English army.
1424	Battle of Verneuil Battle of Verneuil The Battle of Verneuil was a battle of the Hundred Years' War, fought on 17 August 1424 near Verneuil in Normandy and was a significant English victory.-The black time:...	England	17 August, the Scots forces are decisively defeated.
1426	The Rout of St James	England	6 March, a French besieging army under Arthur de Richemont dispersed by a small force under Sir Thomas Rempstone in Brittany.
1428	Siege of Orléans Siege of Orléans The Siege of Orléans 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. The outset of this siege marked the pinnacle of English power...	France	12 October - 8 May 1429 English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Suffolk, and Talbot (Earl of Shrewsbury) lay siege to Orleans, and are forced to withdraw after a relief army accompanied by Joan of Arc arrives at the city.
1429	Battle of the Herrings Battle of the Herrings The Battle of the Herrings was a military action near the town of Rouvray in France, just north of Orléans, which took place on 12 February 1429 during the siege of Orléans. The immediate cause of the battle was an attempt by French forces, led by Charles of Bourbon, Count of Clermont, to intercept...	England	English force under Sir John Fastolf John Fastolf Sir John Fastolf KG was an English knight during the Hundred Years War, who has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as in some part being the prototype of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff... defeats French and Scottish armies.
1429	Battle of Jargeau Battle of Jargeau The Battle of Jargeau took place on June 11 - 12, 1429. It was Joan of Arc's first offensive battle. Shortly after relieving the siege at Orléans, French forces recaptured the neighboring district along the Loire river...	France	12 June.
1429	Battle (siege) of Meung-sur-Loire	France
1429	Battle (siege) of Beaugency	France
1429	Battle of Patay Battle of Patay The Battle of Patay was the culminating engagement of the Loire Campaign of the Hundred Years' War between the French and English in north-central France. It was a decisive victory for the French and turned the tide of the war. This victory was to the French what Agincourt was to the English...	France	18 june, In a reverse of Agincourt/Crécy, a French army under La Hire La Hire Étienne de Vignolles, called La Hire, was a French military commander during the Hundred Years' War. His nickname of La Hire would be that the English had nicknamed "the Hire-God" . He fought alongside Joan of Arc in the campaigns of 1429... , Richemont, Joan of Arc Joan of Arc Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the... , and other commanders break through English archers under Lord Talbot and then pursue and mop up the other sections of the English army, killing or capturing about half (2,200) of their troops. The Earl of Shrewsbury (Talbot) and Hungerford are captured.
1435	Battle of Gerbevoy Battle of Gerbevoy The Battle of Gerberoy was fought in 1435 between French and English forces. The French were led by La Hire and Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, and they were victorious. La Hire was made captain general of Normandy in 1438 and died at Montauban on 11 January 1443 of an unknown illness. The French won....	France	La Hire defeats an English force under Arundel.
1439		England	Following a surprise attack, John Talbot disperses a French army of 6000 under the Constable Richemont at Avranches in Normandy.
1440		England	John Talbot takes Harfleur.
1449	Battle of Rouen	France	29 October, Rouen is taken back to the English by a Brittany-French force.
1450	Battle of Formigny Battle of Formigny The Battle of Formigny was a battle of the Hundred Years' War fought between England and France. It was a decisive victory for the French.- Background :...	France	A French force under the duke of Bourbon and Richemont defeats an English force under Thomas Kyriell. 3774 english death and 1500 captured. Thomas Kyriel, the english general, was captured in action.
1453	Battle of Castillon Battle of Castillon The Battle of Castillon of 1453 was the last battle fought between the French and the English during the Hundred Years' War. It resulted in a decisive French victory.-Context:...	France	A French army, under Jean Bureau Jean Bureau Jean Bureau was the Master Gunner of the French artillery under Charles VII during the final years of the Hundred Year's War. Bureau was born in Champagne, but later moved to Paris, where he worked for the English government during the occupation. In 1439 Charles VII made Bureau master of... , defeats an english army under John Talbot to end the Hundred Years' War. This was also the first battle in European history where the use of cannon was a major factor in determining the victor. John Talbot was killed in action. 4000 english killed in this battle.

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