Historical Events

Battle of Evesham

1265 Battle of Evesham: English Prince Edward (later Edward I ) defeats baronial forces of Simon de Montfort, who is killed and his body mutilated

English Forces Take Calais

1347 English troops under Edward III conquer Calais, becomes strategic town for the English during Hundred Years' War

1351 Sea battle at Zwartewaal: William, Duke of Bavaria, defeats the forces of his mother, Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut, and her English allies

Hanze Steelyard Repossessed

1598 London's Lord Mayor repossesses the Steelyard from the Hanze (German Hanseatic League) on instruction from Elizabeth I [1]

1666 St. James' Day naval battle is an English victory against the Dutch during the Second Anglo-Dutch War off the Kent coast

1704 War of the Span

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