August 1057
Siege of Caen
Henry Is army sacks Caen. Henry Is army is massacred by William Duke of Normandy after leaving Caen
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Caen in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Henry Is army sacks Caen. Henry Is army is massacred by William Duke of Normandy after leaving Caen
Guillou remained associated with the municipal administration as Allied troops entered the devastated northern city.
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