Pages

▼
Showing posts with label Hundred Years' War. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hundred Years' War. Show all posts
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Royal palaces of the Hundred Years’ War

›
History Extra A 15th-century illumination of the Château de Saumur, which was originally built as a castle in 1356 by Louis, the se...
Friday, April 8, 2016

History Trivia - Charles V crowned King of France

›
April 8 1364 Charles V crowned King of France. He led France in recovery from the devastation of the first part of the Hundred Years...
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

History Trivia - Lady Anne Boleyn made Marchioness of Pembroke

›
September 1  891 Northmen defeated near Louvaine, France. 1339 The Hundred Years' War officially began when King Edward III of E...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

History Trivia - Treaty of Noyon signed

›
August 13 523 John I was elected Roman Catholic pope. He ended the Acacian Schism, bringing reunification of the Eastern and Western c...
Friday, June 12, 2015

History Trivia - Peasants' Revolt in England

›
June 12 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, rebels arrived at Blackheath. Although the revolt did not succeed in its stated aims, i...
Thursday, June 11, 2015

History Trivia - Trojan War: Troy sacked

›
June 11  1184 BC Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.  1429 Hundred Years' War: ...
Sunday, May 24, 2015

History Trivia - Fifth Crusade leaves Acre for Egypt

›
May 24, 1218 The Fifth Crusade left Acre for Egypt. 1337 The Hundred Years War between England and France began when France confis...
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

History Trivia - Winchester Cathedral dedicated

›
April 8 217 Roman Emperor Caracalla was assassinated, and succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. 10...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

History Trivia - Romans under Scipio Africanus defeats Hannibal's army in the Battle of Sama

›
October 19 202 BC, the Romans under Scipio Africanus defeated Hannibal's army of Carthaginians and Numidians in the Battle of Sama ...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

History Trivia - Godwin, Earl of Wessex dies

›
April 15  69 - Battle at Bedriacum, North-Italy fought during the Year of the Four Emperors, which resulted in Vespasian ascending the...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

History Trivia - Galileo observes Neptune

›
January 29 904 Pope Sergius III came out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.   1119 Pope Ge...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

History Trivia - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, dies

›
October 24 51 Roman Emperor Domitian was born. 69 Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Dan...