Bertrand du Guesclin
Constable of France
7 dated entries naming Bertrand du Guesclin, drawn from 7 separate years between 1320 CE and 1380 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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14th century
- 1320Bertrand du Guesclin, Breton knight and general (d. 1380)source
- 1368March 4 – On behalf of Louis of Anjou, brother of France's King Charles V, Bertrand Du Guesclin and 2,000 troops began a siege of the city of Tarascon, which surrenders to him on March 22.source
- 1369March 14 – King Pedro of Castile loses the Battle of Montiel to French soldiers led by Bertrand du Guesclin and Castilians led by his half-brother, Enrique. Pedro takes refuge in a fortress and offers du Guesclin 200,000 gold coins and a promise of several towns in Castile, in return for betraying Enrique. Afterwards, du Guesclin informs Enrique of the offer.source
- 1370December 4 – In the Battle of Pontvallain, fought in the Hundred Years' War, a French army under Bertrand du Guesclin heavily defeats an English force in surprise attacks in northwest France.source
- 1373March 21 – The Battle of Chiset is fought between France and England near what is now Chizé in Deux-Sèvres département in France. The French force of 1,500 defenders, led by Bertrand du Guesclin overwhelms 700-man English force led by Baron Devereux, who is taken prisoner of war.source
- 1374August 27 – In France, after 14 years as territory of the Kingdom of England, the village of Martel, Lot is retaken by Bertrand du Guesclin, "The Eagle of Brittany".source
- 1380July 13 – Bertrand du Guesclin, Constable of France (b. c. 1320)source