Historical place archive

Tours in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Tours in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

4 records4 event labels3 people1202–1444

Historical events in Tours

1202

1202
Capture of Tours
John · House of Plantagenet

Follows up his victory at Mirabeau by occupying Tours, Angers & Le Mans

1202
Invasion of France
John · House of Plantagenet

Follows up his victory at Mirabeau by occupying Tours, Angers & Le Mans

1356

3 September 1356
Siege of Tours
Edward the Black Prince · Hundred Years War

Edward the Black Prince plunders Tours

1444

May 1444
Congress of Tours
Henry VI · Hundred Years War

The English must stay in Calais, Aquitaine, Lower Normandy & Maine. The English must not act against Valois rule in France. The congress requests a 2 yr truce & the marriage of Henry VI to Margaret of Anjou

Provenance

About these place records

These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match England and Tours. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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