The duke of Guise conquered it in 1558, thereby removing the last English foothold in France.
Jean Fran?is de Rozier, the first hot-air balloon pilot, died in a fall from a balloon named for this place. During the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, this was the only town from which the Merchants Staples permitted English wool to be exported. A treaty named for this place gave control of Aquitaine to Edward III in return for Edward renouncing claims to the throne of France and promised the release from captivity of Jean II; that treaty is also known as the Treaty of Br?igny. The duke of Guise conquered it in 1558, thereby removing the last English foothold in France. In the wake of the Battle of Cr?y, it was besieged by English troops until six of the town's leaders volunteered as hostages. For 10 points, name this French port which, in 1346, made heroes of those "burghers."
Jean Fran?is de Rozier, the first hot-air balloon pilot, died in a fall from a balloon named for this place.
Calais [accept Br?igny before it is read]