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The Battle of Margate (/ ˈ m ɑː ɡ eɪ t /), also known as the Battle of Cadzand (not to be confused with the 1337 Battle of Cadzand), was a naval battle that took place on 24–25 March 1387, during the Caroline War phase of the Hundred Years' War, between an English fleet and a Franco-Castilian-Flemish wine fleet.
March 11 – Battle of Castagnaro: Padua, led by John Hawkwood, is victorious over Giovanni Ordelaffi of Verona. March 24–25 – Battle of Margate off the coast of Margate: The Kingdom of England is victorious over a Franco-Castilian-Flemish fleet. June 2 – John Holland, a maternal half-brother of Richard II of England, is created Earl of ...
Battle of Margate; Battle of Meloria (1284) N. ... Battle on the Po (1431) Battle of Ponza (1300) S. Battle of Saltes Island; Battle of Sandwich (1217) First battle ...
Margate features at the start and as a recurrent theme in Margate writer Iain Aitch's travelogue, A Fete Worse Than Death. The author was born in the town. The author was born in the town. T. S. Eliot , who in 1921 recuperated after a mental breakdown in the town of Cliftonville , commented in his poem The Waste Land Part III - The Fire Sermon :
Battle of Crotoy (1347) E. English Channel naval campaign, 1338–1339; L. Battle of La Rochelle; Battle of La Rochelle (1419) M. Battle of Margate; S. Battle of ...
After a running battle, the English stormed the city and sacked it, taking many prisoners and goods. The French reported heavy losses. 1345, October Battle of Auberoche: England English surprise attack by Earl of Derby against a French army at Auberoche in Gascony. [1] 1346 Battle of St Pol de Léon: England 1346 Battle of Caen: England Caen ...
Battle of Trois-Rivières: June 8, 1776: Quebec: British victory: Americans forced to evacuate Quebec [26] Battle of Sullivan's Island: June 28, 1776: South Carolina: American victory: British attack on Charleston is repulsed [27] Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet: June 29, 1776: New Jersey: American victory [28] Battle of Gwynn's Island: July 8–10 ...
The railway came to Margate via two separate companies. The South Eastern Railway (SER) was the first to reach the town when its branch line from the main line at Ashford, having opened to Ramsgate on 13 April 1846, was continued to a station called Margate Sands on 1 December the same year.