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Scottish and French Victory Italian War of 1551–1559. Location: France, Flanders, ... Williamite War in Ireland; Location: Europe, Ireland, Asia, North America
The Anglo-French War was part of the Italian War of 1551–1559, and lasted from 1557 to 1559. Following the French defeat at the Battle of St. Quentin in August 1557, England entered the war. The French laid Siege to Calais in response. [ 2 ]
1551–1559 Italian War of 1551–1559 – 75,000 killed in action [1] 1552–1555 Second Margrave War; 1554 Wyatt's rebellion; 1554–1557 Russo-Swedish War; 1558–1583 Livonian War; 1559–1564 Spanish-Ottoman War – 24,000 killed in action [1] 1560 Siege of Leith; 1562–1598 French Wars of Religion; 1563–1570 Northern Seven Years' War
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. The Pale of Calais had been ruled by England since 1347, during the Hundred Years' War.
The plea of the French king nicely corresponded to the ambitions of Suleiman in Europe, and gave him an incentive to attack Hungary in 1526, leading to the Battle of Mohács. [6] The Ottomans were also greatly attracted by the prestige of being in alliance with such a country as France, which would give them better legitimacy in their European ...
Henry II also ordered Charles de Cossé, Count of Brissac to invade Piedmont, forcing Gonzaga to lessen his pressure on the duchy of Parma in September 1551, making it bear the main burden of the war. In 1551 Julius sent his nephew Gian Battista Del Monte to besiege Mirandola, then held by a small French force under Piero Strozzi. The siege ...
This is a list of wars involving modern France from the abolition of the French monarchy and the establishment of the French First Republic on 21 September 1792 until the current Fifth Republic. For wars involving the Kingdom of France (987–1792), see List of wars involving the Kingdom of France. For pre-987 wars, see List of wars involving ...
The French Wars of Religion were a series of civil wars between ... on 27 June 1551, ... "The relationship between revolt and war in early modern Western Europe".