List of Hundred Years' War battles

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This is a list of major battles in the Hundred Years' War, a conflict between France and England that lasted 116 years from 1337 to 1453.

Year	Battle	Victor	Details
1337	Battle of Cadsand	England	Initiates hostilities. The Flemish defenders of the island were thrown into disorder by the first use of the English longbow on Continental soil.
1340	Battle of Sluys	England	24 June Edward III destroys the Franco-Genoese fleet of Philip VI of France off the coast of Flanders ensuring England will not be invaded and that the majority of the war will be fought in France.
1345	Battle of Auberoche	England	A longbow victory by Henry, Earl of Derby against a French army at Auberoche in Gascony.
1346	Battle of Crécy	England	26 August English longbowmen soundly defeat French cavalry near the river Somme in Picardy.
1346–1347	Siege of Calais	England	On 1 August 1347, the city surrendered. Edward allowed the surviving citizenry to live, so, after providing them with some provisions, he allowed them to leave the city.
1350	Les Espagnols sur Mer	England	English fleet defeats Castilian fleet in a close fight.
1351	Combat of the Thirty	France	Thirty French Knights from Chateau Josselin under Beaumanoir call out and defeat thirty English Knights under Pembroke and Robert Bramborough.
		England	French army under De Nesle defeated by English under Bentley at Mauron in Brittany, De Nesle killed.
1356	Battle of Poitiers	England	Edward the Black Prince captures King John II of France, France plunged into chaos.
1364	Battle of Auray	England	29 September, end of Breton War of Succession Du Gueschlin captured.
1367	Battle of Nájera (Navarette)	England	Black Prince defeats a Castilian/French army at Nájera in Castile.
1372	Battle of La Rochelle	France	Castilian-French fleet defeats the English fleet, leading to loss of dominance at sea and French piracy and coastal raids.
1380		France	Castilian fleet commanded by Fernando Sánchez de Tovar sacks and burns English port towns.
1385	French invasion of Scotland	England	Jean de Vienne, having successfully strengthened the French naval situation, lands an army in Scotland, but is forced to retreat.
1415	Battle of Agincourt	England	25 October, English longbowmen under Henry V defeat French under .
1416		England	English defeat numerically greater French army at Valmont near Harfleur.
1417		England	Naval victory in the River Seine under Bedford
1418	Siege of Rouen	England	31 July ? 19 January 1419, Henry V of England re-gains a foothold in Normandy.
1419	Battle of La Rochelle	France	Castilian fleet defeats Anglo-Hanseatic fleet.
1421	Battle of Bauge	France	22 March, the French and Scottish forces of Charles VII commanded by the Earl of Buchan defeat an outmanoeuvred English force commanded by the Duke of Clarence.
1423	Battle of Cravant	England	[31 July]], the French and Scottish army is defeated at Cravant on the banks of the river Yonne.
1424	Battle of Vernuil	England	17 August, the Scots forces are decisively defeated.
1426	The Rout of St James	England	6 March, a French besieging army under Arthur de Richemont dispersed by a small force under Sir Thomas Rempstone in Brittany.
1428	Siege of Orléans	France	12 October - 8 May 1429 English forces commanded by the Earl of Salisbury, the Earl of Suffolk, and Talbot (Earl of Shrewsbury) lay siege to Orleans, and are forced to withdraw after a relief army accompanied by Joan of Arc arrives at the city.
1429	Battle of the Herrings	England	English force under Sir John Fastolf defeats French and Scottish armies.
1429	Battle of Patay	France	17 July, In a reverse of Agincourt/Crécy, a French army under La Hire, Richemont, Joan of Arc, and other commanders break through English archers under Lord Talbot and then pursue and mop up the other sections of the English army, killing or capturing about half (2,200) of their troops. The Earl of Shrewsbury (Talbot) and Hungerford are captured.
1435	Battle of Gerbevoy	France	La Hire defeats an English force under Arundel.
1439		England	Following a surprise attack, John Talbot disperses a French army of 6000 under the Constable Richemont at Avranches in Normandy.
1440		England	John Talbot takes Harfleur.
1450	Battle of Formigny	France	A French force under the Comte de Clermont defeats an English force under Thomas Kyriell.
1453	Battle of Castillon	France	Jean Bureau defeats Talbot to end the Hundred Years' War. This was also the first battle in European history where the use of cannon was a major factor in determining the victor.

Hundred Years' War
Battles • Sieges • Chevauchées French and English kings • Peace treaties • People Armagnacs and Burgundians • Jacquerie Breton War of Succession • Castilian Civil War