| Year |
Month |
Day |
Event |
| 1441 |
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French army captured Creil and Conflans. |
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Jun. |
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French besieged the town Pontoise. |
|
Oct. |
25 |
French took Pontoise after a long campaign and an artillery siege directed by Jean Bureau. |
| 1442 |
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Charles VII launched a major campaign into Guyenne and captured St.-Sever, Dax, and La Réole. |
| 1443 |
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Jean Bureau was made treasurer of France. |
| 1444 |
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Truce of Tours suspended hostilities between England and France (lasted until 1449).
As part of a two-year truce, English surrendered Maine and the English king, Henry VI married [in 1445] Margaret d'Anjou [daughter of the brother-in-law to Charles VII of France]. Agnès Sorel was admitted to the court of Charles VII.
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Summer |
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Charles VII sent his son, the dauphin Louis, to lead an expedition against the Swiss in Alsace and Lorraine.
The campaign had nothing to do with the Hundred Years' War, but did manage to divert the écorcheurs from marauding French territory. |
|
Aug. |
24 |
French victory over the Swiss at Saint Jacob-en-Birs. |
| 1445 |
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Henry VI marries Margaret of Anjou. |
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Jan.-Mar. |
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Charles VII issued ordonnances that created a 'standing army' from the men-at-arms. Jean Bureau was known to be a close advisor of Charles VII by this time. Guillaume Jouvenel des Ursins was appointed chancellor of the Grand Conseil.
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| 1446 |
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Building of Kings College Chapel in Cambridge. |
|
1446-47 |
|
Charles VII's court was plagued by schemes to support Charles d'Orléans and Charles d'Anjou in efforts to re-establish dynastic claims in Italy, and by intrigues instigated by the dauphin, Louis. |
| 1447 |
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| 1448 |
|
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Rival Lancaster and York groups form in England. |
|
Apr. |
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The francs-archers were formed. |
| 1449 |
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Mar. |
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English break truce in France, renew fighting, and the Breton fortress of Fougères |
|
Jul. |
31 |
Charles VII ordered his army to invade Normandy. |
|
Nov. |
10 |
The English duke Somerset surrendered Rouen. |
| 1450 |
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John Cade leads rebellion in England. Vatican Library founded. |
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Feb. |
9 |
Agnès Sorel died at Jumièges. |
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Mar. |
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French besieged Caen |
|
Apr. |
15 |
The decisive battle of Formigny demonstrated the first real effective use of gunpowder weapons on the battlefield in the Hundred Years' War and saw the defeat of English longbow tactics. |
|
Jun. |
24 |
French captured Caen |
|
Aug. |
12 |
French captured Cherbourg was taken. Charles VII completed the reconquest of Normandy. |
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