November
20
869 Edmund the Martyr
died. Saint Edmund was king of East
Anglia. His gruesome death at the hands of the Danes led to legends and a
shrine at what is now Bury St. Edmund's, West Suffolk.
1272
Barons swore fealty to Edward I. Upon the death of his father, King Henry III,
Edward received the fealty of the English barons and succeeded to the throne.
1407 a truce between John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy and Louis of Valois,
Duke of Orleans was agreed under the auspices of John, Duke of Berry. Orleans
was assassinated three days later by Burgundy.
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