French and British Conflict Chronology

An English army under Henry V defeats the French at Agincourt, France. The French had out numbered Henry's troops 60,000 to 12,000 but British longbows turned the tide of the battle.

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1419

Jan 19

French city of Rouen surrenders to Henry V in Hundred Years War.

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1420

May 21

Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English in an unsuccessful attempt to end the Hundred Years War.

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1429

Feb 12

Battle of the Herrings salt fish convoy for English army at siege of Orleans repulses French.

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1450

Apr 15

French defeat English at Battle of Formigny in 100 Years' War.

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1453

Jul 17

France defeats England at Castillon, France, ending the Hundred Years' War.

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1475

Aug 29

Edward IV agrees to withdraw army from France in exchange for gold under Truce of Picquigny.

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1513

Aug 16

Henry VIII of England and Emperor Maximilian defeat the French at Guinegatte, France, in the Battle of the Spurs.

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1527

Apr 30

Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France sign treaty of Westminster.

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1528

Jan 22

England & France declare war on Emperor Charles V.

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1544

Sep 14

Henry VIII's forces take Boulogne, France.

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1546

Jun 07

The Peace of Ardes ends the war between France and England.

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1549

Aug 09

England declares war on France.

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1550

Mar 24

France & England sign Peace of Boulogne.

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1557

Aug 10

French troops are defeated by Emmanuel Philibert's Spanish army at St. Quentin, France.

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1558

Jan 07

The French, under Francois, the Duke of Guise, finally take the port of Calais, the last English possession in France, from the English.

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Jun 22

The French take the French town of Thioville from the English.

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1561

Sep 20

Queen Elizabeth of England signs a treaty at Hamptan Court with French Huguenot leader Louis de Bourbon, the Prince of Conde. The English will occupy Le Harve in return for aiding Bourbon against the Catholics of France.

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1564

Apr 11

England & France sign Peace of Troyes.

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1572

Apr 21

France & England sign anti-Spanish military covenant.

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1589

Sep 21

The Duke of Mayenne of France is defeated by Henry IV at the Battle of Arques.

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1629

Apr 14

England & France sign Peace of Susa.

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1662

Oct 17

Charles II sells Dunkirk to the French (Treaty of Dunkirk).

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1666

Jan 26

France declares war on England & Münster.

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1670

May 26

Charles II and Louis XIV sign a secret treaty in Dover, England, ending hostilities between England and France.

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Dec 31

France & England sign Boyne-treaty.

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1689

May 11

Battle of Bantry Bay, French & English naval battle.

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1692

Aug 03

French forces under Marshal Luxembourg defeat the English at the Battle of Steenkerke in the Netherlands.

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1697

Sep 03

King William's War ends; French and English forces neither win nor lose.

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1701

Sep 07

England, Austria, and the Netherlands form an Alliance against France.

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1702

May 14

England & Netherlands declares war on France & Spain.

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Oct 12

Admiral Sir George Rooke defeats the French fleet off Vigo.

1704

Aug 13

The Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Austria defeat the French Army at the Battle of Blenheim in the War of Spanish Succession. (XDG, p 4A, 8/13/2000)

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1708

Jul 11

The French are defeated at Oudenarde, Malplaquet, in the Netherlands by the Duke of Marlborough and Eugene of Savoy.

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1709

Sep 11

John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, wins the bloodiest battle of the 18th century at great cost, against the French at Malplaquet.

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1711

Aug 23

A British attempt to invade Canada by sea fails.

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1713

Apr 11

The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending Queen Anne's War (War of Spanish Succession in Europe). France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain; Gibralter becomes British. The treaty of which recognizes Iroquois as British subjects.

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1743

Jun 27

English defeat French at Dettingen. Battle of Dettingen in Bavaria, the last engagement in which a British monarch (King George II) participated in person.

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1744

Mar 15

French King Louis XV declares war on England in what would be called King George’s War (1744 - 1748 ), third of four North American wars waged by the British and French. The Iroquois give the British permission to build a blockhouse at the Forks of the Ohio.

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1745

May 11

Victory of French over British at Battle of Fontenoy.

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1755

Jul 08

Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with France as their disputes in the New World intensify.

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Sep 08

British forces under William Johnson defeat the French and the Indians at the Battle of Lake George.

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1756

May 17

Britain declares war on France (7 Years' or French & Indian War).

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Aug 14

French commander Louis Montcalm takes Fort Oswego, New England, from the British.

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Aug 31

The British at Fort William Henry, New York, surrender to Louis Montcalm of France.

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1758

Mar 27

Battle at Emmerich: British army floats around France the Rhine.

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Jun 23

British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at Krefeld in Germany.

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Jul 08

The British attack on Fort Carillon at Ticonderoga, New York, is foiled by the French.

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1759

Apr 08

British troops chase French out of Masulipatam India.

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Apr 23

British forces seize Basse-Terre and Guadeloupe from France.

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Aug 01

British and Hanoverian armies defeat the French at the Battle of Minden, Germany.

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Aug 18

The French fleet is destroyed by the British under "Old Dreadnought" Boscawen at the battle of Lagos Bay.

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Sep 18

Quebec surrenders to the British after a battle which sees the deaths of both James Wolfe and Louis Montcalm, the British and French commanders.

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Nov 20

British navy defeats French at Battle of Quiberon Bay.

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1760

Jan 22

Battle at Wandewash India British troops beat French.

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Sep 08

The French surrender the city of Montreal to the British.

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1762

Feb 05

Martinique, a major French base in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, surrenders to the British.

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1778

Feb 06

England declares war on France.

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Jul 27

British and French fleets fight to a standoff in the first Battle of Ushant.

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1781

Apr 29

French fleet stops Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope.

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1782

Apr 12

Battle at Les Saintes West-Indies British fleet beats French.

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1783

Jan 20

Britain signs a peace agreement with France and Spain, who allied against it in the American War of Independence.

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1786

Sep 26

France and Britain sign a trade agreement in London.

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1793

Dec 19

French troops recapture Toulon from the British.

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1794

Jun 01

British victory over French in naval battle off Ushant ‘Glorious first of June.'

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Aug 21

France surrenders the island of Corsica to the British.

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1798

Aug 01

Admiral Horatio Nelson routs the French fleet in the Battle of the Nile at Aboukir Bay, Egypt.

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Aug 02

British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile.

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1800

Sep 05

Britain captures Malta; French troops surrender to British forces.

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1804

Dec 12

Spain declares war on Britain at France's instigation.

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1809

Jan 05

Treaty of Dardanelles concluded between Britain & France.

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Jan 12

British take Cayenne (French Guiana) from the French (until 1814).

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1810

Dec 03

British capture Mauritius from French.

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1812

Jul 22

A British army under the Duke of Wellington defeats the French at Salamanca, Spain.

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1854

Mar 28

During the Crimean War, Britain & France declare war on Russia.

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Sep 20

British & French defeat Russians at Alma, in the Crimea.

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Nov 05

British and French defeat the Russians at Inkerman, Crimea.

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1860

Oct 12

British & French troops capture Peking.

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1867

Apr 23

Queen Victoria & Napoleon III turn down plans for a channel tunnel.

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1870

Oct 20

The Summer Palace in Beijing, China, is burnt to the ground by a Franco-British expeditionary force.

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1892

Jan 24

Battle at Mengo, Uganda French missionaries attack British missionaries.

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1900

Dec 04

The French National Assembly, successor to the States-General, rejects Nationalist General Mercier's proposal to plan an invasion of England.

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1904

Apr 08

Great Britain & France sign Cordial Entente concerning colonial matter settling Anglo-French differences in Morocco, Egypt & Newfoundland.

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1906

Feb 27

France & Britain agree to joint control of New Hebrides.

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Dec 31

French/British/Italian treaty concerning rights on Abyssinia.

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1945

Dec 13

France and Britain agree to quit Syria and Lebanon.

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1956

Oct 31

Britain & France begin to bomb Egypt to reopen the Suez Canal.

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Nov 05

Britain and France start landing forces in Egypt during fighting between Egyptian and Israeli forces around the Suez Canal. (A cease-fire was declared two days later.)

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Dec 03

England & France pull troops out of Egypt.

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Dec 22

Last British/French troops leave Egypt.

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1964

Feb 06

Paris and London agree to build a rail tunnel under the English Channel.

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1967

Nov 27

Charles DeGaulle vetoes Great Britain's entry into the Common Market again.

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1986

Jan 20

The Chunnel is announced (railroad tunnel under English Channel).

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1987

Dec 01

Digging begins to link England & France under the English Channel.

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1990

Oct 31

The French and English channel tunnel teams meet by using a 2 inch probe. The tunnels are off by only 20 inches

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Dec 01

Engineers digging a rail tunnel under the English Channel link up between England and France at a point forty meters beneath the seabed, and the island of Britain is connected with the European mainland for the first time since the Ice Age.

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French and British Conflict Chronology

Last Update: October 27th, 2005 © 2000-2005 Kenneth Fussichen

Last Update: October 27th, 2005
© 2000-2005 Kenneth Fussichen