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The date is unknown for the start of the empire however we do know it started in1299.
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100 years of war between England and France.
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A disease more commonly known as plague invaded Medieval europe. It first came from Asia but then travelled to Western Europe from local traders.
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King Edward (III) orders his followers to clean all streets in the city to rid the curbs of dead bodies from the diseased
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3000 Jews killed killed (Germany).
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Because of the death toll, people were being buried in London so often (200 people a day) that the graveyard used was piled 5m deep with bodies of the deceased.
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In England the Peasants Revolt happens, some peasants rebelling and causing trouble for their town. Serious punishments were given to these trouble makers and this soon scared the peasants of offending the King.
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The Turkish were successful in the Battle of Nicopolis. A battle between the Turkish (apart of the Ottoman Empire) and 60,000 Hungarian, English, Polish, Italian German and French soldiers who intended to steal the city of Nikopolis but did not succeed and the Turkish won, claiming ownership of Bulgaria.
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Mehmed the second conquers Constantinople, leaving the collapsed effect of the ending of the Byzantine Empire. Mehmed II fought in the war of the siege of Constantinople with an army thatincluded 80,000 to 200,000 soldiers With a navy of 320 ships.
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Italy becomes divided into five major parts including Milan, Florence, souther kingdom of Naples, Venice and the Papal States.
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Henry VIII becomes King of England and becomes married to around 10 women over time. His daughter (from the wife Anne Hastings) was the next to reign England, this was Elizabeth I.
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Elizabeth I becomes Queen of England. She was born into the Royal family as her father was Henrey VIII. Until her death she ruled England and then in her footsteps her half brother Edward VI continued the throne.
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Oda Nobunaga threatens the Buddhist monks because of refusing to fully obey to his authority. Oda then attacked the Buddhist Monastery on Mt. Hiei
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Toyotomi was Nobungas number one ally as a general. After Nobungas murder, Toyotomi went back to Kyoto (followed by his army) and fought the Mitsuhide army in revenge and won. He then became one of the most successful military leaders in 1590 after he defeated the rest of Japan that Nobunga had failed to conquer.
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Hideyoshi decided that because of his power and how much taax and income came from the work of peasants, he needed stricter control over them. Peasants made up 80% of the population, thus he restricted where they could move to and created rules allowing no one to move from village to village. This change was massive as not onlywere'nt they allowed to leave, but no peasants were allowed weapons of any kind or were able to switch between jobs.
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Hideyoshi fails attack on Korea but is stopped by China. Hideyoshi is a daimyo that first served Oda Nobunaga
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Started in Pudding Lane and travelled so far it was known as a ‘Great Fire’.
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The Ottoman Empire falls and collapses, after World War One and now currently is known as Turkey. (located in Asia and Europe).
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Japan enhanced a war on China, this then led on to become a part of WWII
