Timeline Friday 26 August 1346

Events on Friday 26 August 1346 4

• 1296 – 1346 John of Bohemia (1296-1346) Died 26 August 1346, aged 50 John the Blind, King of Bohemia and Count of Luxembourg, insisted on joining the French line at Crécy despite his blindness and was killed in the fighting. His death and the motto attributed to him were later adopted into the heraldry of the English Prince of Wales.
• 1297 – 1346 Charles II, Count of Alençon (1297-1346) Died 26 August 1346, aged 49 Charles II, Count of Alençon, was the brother of King Philip VI of France and fought in the French army at Crécy, where he was killed. His death was among the heavy noble losses that marked the French defeat.
• 1304 – 1346 Louis I, Count of Flanders (1304-1346) Died 26 August 1346, aged 42 Louis I of Flanders, also known as Louis de Crécy, fought on the French side at the Battle of Crécy and was killed there. His death left the county of Flanders to his young son, Louis II.
• 1346 Battle of Crécy English longbowmen rout the French army Edward III of England defeated Philip VI of France near Crécy in northern France, a decisive early battle of the Hundred Years' War. English longbowmen broke repeated charges by French knights and Genoese crossbowmen, inflicting heavy losses on the French nobility. The battle is remembered as a turning point in medieval warfare and English military prestige.