1944 Event Calais reoccupied by Allies 1943 Event Anti-nazi Clandestine Radio Soldatsender Calais begins transmitting 1890 Event Snow and hail in Calais, ME 1881 Event 1st international telephone conversation, Calais, ME-St. Stephen, NB 1814 Event King Louis XVIII lands on Calais, from England 1596 Event Arch duke Albrecht of Austria occupies Calais 1558 Event French king Henri II occupies Calais 1558 Event French troops under duke de Guise occupy Calais 1558 Event Calais, last English possession in France, retaken by French 1520 Event King Charles V and King Henry VIII signs treaty of Calais 1519 Birthday Francois de Guise, Balafre, French general strategist, Calais 1380 Event Thomas of Buckingham's invasion army lands on Calais 1355 Event English invasion army under king Edward lands at Calais 1347 Event English troops conquer Ft. Calais