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26th August 1346: Battle of Crécy during the Hundred Years War won by the army of the English king Edward III

  • 26th August 2023
  • Tagged as: Battle of Crecy, Calais, Crecy, Edward III, France, Hundred Years War, Longbow, Philip VI, War

The battle was fought against the French army of King Philip VI and led to the port of Calais becoming an English enclave for over two centuries.

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25th October 1415: English king Henry V defeats the numerically superior French army at the Battle of Agincourt

  • 25th October 2022
  • Tagged as: Agincourt, Archery, Battle of Agincourt, Calais, England, France, Henry V, Hundred Years War, War

Over 8,000 French troops are estimated to have been killed in the Battle of Agincourt, while the English army’s losses under Henry V were less than 500.

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7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon

  • 7th January 2022
  • Tagged as: Aircraft, Britain, Calais, Dover, France, Science, Technology

The first aerial crossing of the English Channel was conducted by Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries in a gas-filled balloon.

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