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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

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.

On the 26^th August 1346, one of the most decisive battles in the Hundred Years War was won by the army of the English king Edward III.