Short answers, pulled from the story.
Edward III captured Calais in 1347 after a long siege. He demanded six citizens surrender bareheaded with ropes around their necks before Queen Philippa of Hainault begged him to spare their lives.
Francis Duke of Guise recaptured Calais on the 7th of January 1558. The region was renamed Pays Reconquis to commemorate its recovery by France following this event.
Three thousand British troops and eight hundred French soldiers held out against the 10th Panzer Division during the siege that lasted from May 22nd to the 27th of May 1940. Only thirty members of the 3,800-strong defending force escaped before the town fell.
The modern French spelling emerged officially in 1331. Early records show spellings ranging from Kaleeis to Kalais to Calays alongside Latin forms like Calaisiacum before this date.
French authorities cleared the camp officially on the 26th of October 2016. Yet by January 2017 five hundred to one thousand migrants mostly unaccompanied minors had returned to live rough again.
General de Gaulle married Yvonne Vendroux inside Église Notre-Dame on the 6th of April 1921. The church features elements from Flemish Gothic Anglo-Norman Tudor styles combined and stands near the Tour du Guet watchtower.