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Date	August 26, 1346
Location	France
Participants	France • England
Context	Hundred Years’ War

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Battle of Sluis during the Hundred Years' War

Battle of Sluys

June 24, 1340

Battle of Crécy

August 26, 1346

Battle of Neville’s Cross

October 17, 1346

Combat of the Thirty

March 27, 1351

Battle of Poitiers

September 19, 1356

Jacquerie

May 21, 1358 - June 10, 1358

Battle of Agincourt

October 25, 1415

Battle of Rouen

July 31, 1418 - January 19, 1419

Siege of Orléans

October 12, 1428 - May 8, 1429

Battle of Formigny

April 15, 1450

Battle of Castillon

July 17, 1453

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Edward III

king of England

Edward The Black Prince

English prince

Sir John Chandos

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