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Period: Jan 5, 1415 to Jan 5, 1429
Hundreds Year's War
An English army under King Henry V landed in the north of France. -
Oct 25, 1415
Battle of Agincourt
A major loss to the English in the Hundred Years' War. -
May 30, 1418
Hundreds Year's War
The army of John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, captured Paris. The dauphin, the future Charles VII, fled. -
Sep 20, 1419
Hundreds Year's War
John the Fearless was assassinated by companions of the dauphin. He was succeeded by his son Philip the Good, who would ally himself with the English against the French crown. -
May 21, 1420
Hundreds Year's War
The Burgundians compelled Charles VI to sign the Treaty of Troyes, under which the throne was to pass to Henry V -
Aug 31, 1422
Hundreds Year's War
Charles VI died. He was succeeded by his son Charles VII as king of France, a title disputed for Henry VI of England -
Jul 14, 1453
Battle of Castillon
In what is considered the last battle of the Hundred Years' War, the French inflict a decisive victory on the English army, eventually gaining back all English-held territories of France. -
Dec 10, 1508
War of the League of Cambrai
Representatives of the Papacy, France, and the Holy Roman Empire and Ferdinand I of Spain established the League of Cambrai, whose purpose was to defeat Venice and partition its territory. -
Henry III
Died with no heir, thus ending the reign of the Capetian dynasty. He was succeeded by Henry IV, the first monarch of the Bourbon dynasty. -
Henry IV
Issued the Edict of Nantes to end the French civil war of religion.