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Battle of Crécy 1346

English longbowmen cut down French knights in an early English victory of the Hundred Years' War.

Map showing the location of Battle of CrécyCrécy
Border map for 1300. See Europe in 1300.

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Key facts

Date1346
TypeBattle
Location50.25° N, 1.88° E
Nearest city on the mapParis (about 158 km)
Territory of (map of 1300)Holy Roman Empire

Rulers in 1346

RealmRulerReign
ByzantiumJohn V1341–1391
Franks / HRE / GermanyLouis IV1314–1347
FrancePhilip VI1328–1350
England / UKEdward III1327–1377
Ottomans / TurkeyOrhan1324–1362

The world around 1346

YearEventWhere
1347The Black Death reaches Europe

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