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Date June 24, 1340
Location English Channel • Flanders • Netherlands
Participants France • England
Context Hundred Years’ War

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Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War
Battle of Sluys
June 24, 1340
The Battle of Crécy
Battle of Crécy
August 26, 1346
Battle of Neville’s Cross
October 17, 1346
The Combat of the Thirty
Combat of the Thirty
March 27, 1351
Battle of Poitiers
Battle of Poitiers
September 19, 1356
Jacquerie
May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Agincourt
October 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Rouen
July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419
Siege of Orléans
October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429
Battle of Formigny
April 15, 1450
Battle of Castillon
July 17, 1453

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Edward III
Edward III
king of England

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Louis IX of France (St. Louis), stained glass window of Louis IX during the Crusades. (Unknown location.)
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