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Anne of Cleves travelled via Calais on her way to England to marry Henry VIII (1509-1547).
See also: Field of Cloth of Gold (1520) & Conference of Calais (1521)

It was during Mary I's reign that Calais, England's last possession in France, was lost.

WORLD WAR II
During the World War II, pipelines were laid under the English Channel from Dungeness in Kent to Calais to supply the mechanised allied army with fuel - it was known as Operation Pluto.

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1346		Devonshire ports provide 88 ships for the Crecy and Calais campaigns
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1347		English capture Calais in France
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1360.May.08		*Treaty of Br�tigny:* Edward III secures possession of Guienne and Gascony, Poitou, Saintonge and Aunis, Agenais, P�rigord, Limousin, Quercy, Bigorre, the countship of Gaure, Angoumois, Rouergue, Montreuil-sur-mer, Ponthieu, Calais, Sangatte, Ham and the countship of Guines, surrendering the duchies of Normandy and Touraine, the countships of Anjou and Maine, and the suzerainty of Brittany and of Flanders
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1380		Thomas of Woodstock, in command of the army in French, marches from Calais to Brittany
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1421.Jan.06+		Henry V and Catherine travel through Calais to Dover At Dover they are greeted with near hysterical joy
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1421.Jun		Henry V lands at Calais with 4,000 troops. He marches to Paris to relieve the Duke of Exeter, takes Dreaux and marches south into Beauce and takes Vendome and Beaugency. The army camps for 3 days before Orleans. Decamping, they march north taking Villeneuve-le-Roy and Rougemmont where the entire garrison is hanged and buildings destroyed
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1453		England lost all its French possessions excepting Calais
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1459.Oct.12		Duke of York flees to Ireland as Lancastrians advance on the fortress at Ludlow The earl of Warwick escapes to Calais
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1520.Feb		Wolsey arranges the meeting of Henry VIII and Francis at the English castle at Guisnes in Calais
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1520.Jul		English court hosts a banquet for Charles V in Calais to the fury of Francis of France
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1532		Anne Boleyn and Henry VIII sleep together for the first time Calais
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1533		John Dudley accompanies Henry VIII to Calais
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1538		John Dudley appointed deputy governor of Calais (to Lisle)
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1540.May.19		Arthur Plantagenet, 1st Viscount Lisle imprisoned in the Tower of London on suspicion of treason by plotting to betray Calais to the French
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1558.Jan.07		Loss of Calais, Englands last domain in France, taken by French troops led by Francis, Duke of Guise
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1564.Apr.11		Peace of Troyes between England and France; England renounces its claim to Calais on payment of 222,000 crowns by the French
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1588.Jul.28		The English use fire-ships to scatter the Spanish Armada anchored at Calais
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1875.Aug.25		Captain Matthew Webb becomes the first person to swim the English Channel He swims from Dover to Calais in 21 hours and 45 minutes
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