Battle of Agincourt
On 25 October 1415, St Crispin's Day, an English army of roughly 6,000 men under King Henry V defeated a French force estimated at 12,000–36,000 at the village of Agincourt in the Artois region. The English longbowmen unleashed a devastating storm of arrows against the heavily armoured French cavalry and men-at-arms advancing through rain-sodden clay fields, producing one of the most lopsided victories of the medieval period. French losses included perhaps 6,000 dead, among them the Constable of France, three dukes, ninety counts, and 1,500 knights; the English dead numbered a few hundred. The victory shattered French noble morale and dramatically advanced Henry's claim to the French throne. The subsequent Treaty of Troyes (1420) recognised Henry as heir to France—a settlement overturned only by the resurgent French forces inspired by Joan of Arc after Henry's death in 1422.
- Year: 1415 CE
- Category: Military
