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Year Day/Month Title 854  Danes attack Paris   Aethelred the Unready (978 - 1016) 997  Peasant's Revolt in Normandy   Edward the Confessor (1042 - 1066) 1054  Battle of Mortemer   1057  The Battle of Varaville   William Rufus (1087 - 1100) 1088 Feb  Revolt against William Rufus May  William puts down the revolt   1095 Mar  The Council of Piacenza Nov 27  The Council of Clermont   1096  William buys Normandy   Henry I (1100 - 1135) 1105  Henry attacks his brother   1124  Louis prevents war   Stephen (1135 - 1154) 1146 Mar 31  Sermon at V?zelay   1151  War in Normandy   1152 Qtr 3  Henry defends his position   Henry II (1154 - 1189) 1156  Henry captured Anjou   1174 May  Richard (I) seizes the town of Saintes from his father, Henry II   1179  Richard (I) takes the impenetrable fortress town of Taillebourg.   1180 Jun 28  Treaty of Gisors   1185 Jul  Treaty of Boves   1187  Henry signs a peace treaty   Richard I (1189 - 1199) 1194 May  Richard leaves England Jul 3  Richard defeats Philippe   John (1199 - 1216) 1199 Mar  Siege at the castle of Chalus, and Richard dies   1201 May  John sails to Normandy   1202 Aug 1  Battle of Mirebeau   1203 Apr 3  Arthur is murdered   1204 Spring  Peace negotiations with France Jun  Normandy is taken by Philippe   1205 Feb  Philippe plans invasion Summer  More castles fall to the French   1206 Jun  John defends Aquitaine Oct 26  Philippe and John reach a truce   1213 Spring  French plan invasion May 30  French fleet defeated   1214 Feb 2  John sails for France Jul 27  Battle of Bouvines   Henry III (1216 - 1272) 1216 Feb  Small French fleet land in London   1217 Apr  Siege of Mountsorrel Castle   Edward I (1272 - 1307) 1274 May  Little battle of Chalons   1292  English and Norman sailor fight   1293  Philippe obtains Maguellone and Montpellier   1294 May  Philippe IV confiscates Gascony   1296 Summer  Philippe IV threatens Edward   1297 Jan  Marriage proposal Aug  Edward sails for Flanders   1303  Treaty of Paris   Edward II (1307 - 1327) 1313  Montagne and Tournai fall to Philippe   1325 Nov  Edward commands Isabella to return   1326  Threat of invasion Spring  Marriage arranged between Edward and Philippa   Edward III (1327 - 1377) 1338 Qtr 1  French attack English ports Jul  Edward invades France Oct  French attacks continue on the south coast   1339 Mar 12  French attack Jersey Mar 23  French plan invasion Jul  French attack Dover Sep  Edward in Northern France   1340 Jan 25  Edward declares himself King Mar 29  Edward raises taxes Jun 24  Battle of Sluys Jul  Siege of Tournai Sep 25  Treaty of Esplechin   1341 Spring  Edward raises funds   1342 Oct  Edward and Brittany Dec  Siege of Vannes   1343 Jan  Treaty of Malstroit   1346 Jan 1  Edward III orders an invasion fleet Jul 5  Edward departs Portsmouth Jul 12  Edward III lands in Normandy Jul 17  Devastation of Normandy Aug  Edward III crosses the Seine Aug 26  Battle of Crecy Sep 4  Siege of Calais   1356 Sep 17  English and French armies meet Sep 18  Papal mission   1357 Mar  Truce with France Apr  John brought to England   1360 May  Treaty of Bretigny Oct  Treaty agreed   1362 Jul  The Black Prince is given Gascony   1367 Apr 3  Battle of N?jera in Spain   1369 Jun 3  Edward III restates claim for French throne Jul  John of Gaunt in northern France   1370 Aug  The French reclaim Limoges Sep 18  Limoges falls to the Black Prince   Richard II (1377 - 1399) 1385 Qtr 2  French prepare for invasion   1386 Summer  French fleet mass at Sluys Jul 8  John leaves Plymouth   1387 Dec  Invasion threat from France   Henry V (1413 - 1422) 1415 Aug 11  Henry sails for France Aug 16  English fleets lands in Normandy Sep 22  Harfleur falls to the English Oct 8  The march to Calais Oct 19  Henry crosses the Somme Oct 25  The Battle of Agincourt Nov  Henry returns to England   1416  Armagnac Fleet blockade Harfleur Aug 15  Harfleur rescued   1420 May 21  Treaty of Troyes   Henry VI (1422 - 1461) 1422 May  Meaux falls to the English   1423  Battle of Cravant in France   1424  Battle of Verneuil   1428 Oct 12  Siege of Orl?ans   1429 Feb 12  Battle of the Herrings Apr  Joan is given an army Apr 29  Joan reaches Orleans May 8  Siege of Orleans is lifted Jun 18  The Battle of Patay   1431 May 30  Joan of Arc burnt at the stake   1435 Sep 21  Treaty of Arras   1436 Apr 13  The French retake Paris   1440 Summer  Richard of York re-appointed Lieutentant-general   1441 Summer  Duke of York in Normandy   1444 Apr  Treaty of Tours   1447  Edmund Beaufort appointed lieutenant of France   1449 Mar  Fougeres captured by the English   1451 Jun 30  Bordeaux falls to the French   1453 Jul  English defeated at Castillion   Edward IV (1461 - 1470) 1462 Jun 28  Queen Margaret and Louis XI   1463 Oct  Treaty with France   Henry VI (1470 restored) 1470 Qtr 4  Louis declares war on Burgundy   Edward IV (1471 restored - 1483) 1474 Jul  Treaty of London   1475 Jul  Edward invades France Aug  Peace treaty signed   Henry VII (1485 - 1509) 1488 Jul  Battle of St. Aubin   1492 Nov 3  Treaty of Etaples   1495 Feb  Charles crowned King of Naples   Henry VIII (1509 - 1547) 1512  Holy League against France   1513 Jun  Henry sails to France Aug 16  Battle of the Spurs and fall of Therouanne Sep  Fall of Tournai   1514 Aug  English - French peace treaty   1518 Oct  Treaty of London (Universal Peace)   1520 Jun 7  Field of the Cloth of Gold   1521 Nov  Treaty of Bruges   Edward VI (1547 - 1553) 1547 Jul  Capture of the castle at St. Andrews   1548 Qtr 1  Queen Mary moved to Dumbarton Castle Jul  The French arrive in Scotland   1550 Mar  Treaty of Boulogne   Elizabeth I (1558 - 1603) 1562 Sep  Treaty of Richmond Winter  Le Havre occupied by the English   1563 Summer  Le Havre abandoned

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