The Truce of Calais was agreed by King Edward III of England and King
Philip VI of France (depicted) on 28 September 1347. After ten years of
war both countries were financially and militarily exhausted and Pope
Clement VI brokered a truce, to run until 7 July 1348. The Black Death
caused the truce to be renewed in 1348, 1349 and 1350. The truce
effectively restricted fighting, but did not stop repeated naval clashes
nor much fighting on a smaller scale. In 1351 the truce was renewed for
one year but in January 1352 full-scale fighting broke out again. On
6 April 1354 a new truce and an outline of a permanent peace treaty
were agreed as the Treaty of Guînes. However, King John II of France
then decided on an ambitious series of offensives for the 1355
campaigning season and repudiated the treaty. Yet another extension to
the Truce of Calais was agreed, until 24 June, when it finally expired.
The war resumed in force in October 1355. (This article is part of a
featured topic: Hundred Years' War, 1345–1347.).
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_topics/Hundred_Years%27_War,_1345%E2%80%931347>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1924:
A team of U.S. Army Air Service aviators landed in Seattle,
Washington, to complete the first aerial circumnavigation of the world.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_aerial_circumnavigation>
1963:
Whaam!, now considered one of Roy Lichtenstein's most important
works, debuted at an exhibition held at the Leo Castelli Gallery, New
York City.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whaam!>
2006:
Typhoon Xangsane passed Manila on its way to causing more than
300 deaths, mostly in the Phillippines and Vietnam.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Xangsane>
2012:
War in Somalia: Somali National Army forces and their AMISOM
and Raskamboni allies launched an offensive against Al-Shabaab in the
latter's last major stronghold of Kismayo.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kismayo_%282012%29>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bibliopoly:
(literary) Bookselling.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bibliopoly>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
It is easier to make war than make peace.
--Georges Clemenceau
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Georges_Clemenceau>