siege, notable, early modern

Siege of Calais

Name: Siege of Calais
Start: 1558-01-01
Location: Calais, France

Siege of Calais was a siege conducted on 1 January 1558 at Calais, in what is now France; it lasted 7 days. It was part of the Anglo-French War of 1557–1559, which ran from 1557 to 1559. The recorded result: French victory. Recorded strength: 27,000 against 2,500.

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Fought1 January 1558lasted 7 days

WhereCalais, France50.964N, 1.847E

OutcomeFrench victory

BelligerentsKingdom of FranceagainstKingdom of England

Part ofAnglo-French War of 1557–15591557 to 1559

Record

Date	1 January 1558 to 8 January 1558
Place	Calais, France 50.964N, 1.847E
Kind	Siege, early modern
Territorial change	France seizes Calais and its surroundings
Strength	27,000	2,500
Commanders	François, Duke of Guise	Thomas Wentworth, 2nd Baron Wentworth

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Calais 1346, 0.7 km SE
Siege of Calais 1940, 0.9 km SW
Siege of Calais 1349, 1.9 km S
Siege of Calais 1436, 1.9 km S
Siege of Calais 1596, 1.9 km S

Contested ground: this site was fought over 6 times between 1346 and 1940.

In the same war

After: Battle of Le Conquet 1559

Elsewhere in 1558

Siege of Calais is one of 1,390 engagements of the 16th century in the atlas and one of 1,383 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2701253, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Siege of Calais (1558), revision 1370739975, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.