What the records say
- When
- 11 Jan 1558 – 18 Jan 1558
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 50.96° N, 1.85° E
- Description
- 1558 battle
Siege of Calais (1558)
1558 battle between England and France
The French siege of Calais in early 1558 was part of the Italian War of 1551–1559 between France and England and their respective allies. It resulted in the seizure of the town and its dependencies by France.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “French troops, led by François, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of the Kingdom of England, in the Siege of Calais”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “prise de Calais, dernière possession anglaise sur le continent, par les Français sous la conduite de François , duc de Guise, après huit jours de siège”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “осада Кале”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page