Some Useful Dates in the History of Brittany
1320. Du Guesclin born.
1338. Marriage of Charles of Blois and Jeanne de Penthièvre. Du Guesclin at the tournament.
1341. Death of John III. Beginning of the War of Succession.
1342. John de Montfort, prisoner in the Louvre, 1345. Escape to England and death.
1346. Siege of Hennebont defended by Jeanne de Flandre.
1347. Charles of Blois taken prisoner at La Roche Derrien.
" War of the two Jeannes.
1351. Combat of the Thirty.
1356. Charles of Blois liberated.
1359. Siege of Dinan.
1364. Battle of Auray.
1365. Treaty of Guérande.
1370. Du Guesclin, Constable of France.
1375. John IV. flees to England.
1380. He is recalled.
1387. Death of Du Guesclin.
1387. Clisson marries his daughter to Jean de Penthièvre.
1407. Death of Clisson.
1420. Seizure of John V. by the Penthièvres.
1488. Battle of St. Aubin du Cormier.