Loss of Calais
1558 · Event
Last English continental possession captured by France during the war on Spain's side; humiliating end of medieval English France.
On these timelines: France, Master, United Kingdom (combined), England
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- Treaty of Verdun (843)
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- Reign of Elizabeth I (1558)