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Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
Harold 2 was killed in battle when he got shot through the eye. He was the last english king to die in battle. Fight was between the Norman-French army and the English army -
May 30, 1412
Joan of arc (1412-May 30 1431)
was a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint.Joan asserted that she had visions from God that instructed her to recover her homeland. -
Oct 25, 1415
battle of agincourt
Occured in northern france.Henry V led his troops into battle and participated in hand-to-hand fighting. -
Aug 23, 1572
St. Bartholomew's Day massacre
The massacre took place six days after the wedding of the king's. It was a targeted group of assassinations, followed by a wave of Roman Catholic mob violence, both directed against the Huguenots -
Edict of Nantes
In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity.The Edict separated civil from religious unity, treated some Protestants for the first time. -
The French Revolution (1789–1799)
It was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France that had a major impact on France and indeed all of Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years. -
The Louisiana Purchase (1803-1804)
The U.S. paid 60 million francs for the Louisiana Territory. This doubled the size of the US. -
World War 1 (1914-1918)
Also referred to as the great war. More than70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. -
Clovis 1-king of the franks (481-511)
he was the first catholic king to rule ove Gaul. Not only was he a Frankish king. He was a roman officail as well. -
Charlemagne (742-814)
He expanded the Frankish kingdon into an empire. His name meant Charles the Great.