The Hundred Years’ War

1337Philip VI of France confiscates Aquitaine; war begins
1346English longbowmen defeat French knights at Crécy
1356English defeat French at Poitiers
1370s–1380sFrench recover some territory
1415English defeat the French at Agincourt
1429French victory at Orléans; Charles VII crowned king
1431Joan of Arc declared a heretic and burned at the stake
1440sFrench reconquer Normandy and Aquitaine
1453War ends
1456Joan cleared of charges of heresy and declared a martyr